MUAR, 31 May 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is to meet the Registrar of Societies (RoS) tomorrow or on 2 June to find who the legitimate president of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is. He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, just before flying off to South Korea today, had asked […]
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Kayveas not eligible to hold position
PUTRAJAYA, 29 May 2009: People’s Progressive Party president (PPP) Senator Datuk M Kayveas had been fined RM5,000 in 2005 and as such, he is not eligible to hold the post, said a group of party members who lodged a complaint with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) today. The group’s spokesperson, Dr N A Shanmuganathan said […]
RoS to look into PPP status
PUTRAJAYA, 27 May 2009: The Registrar of Societies (RoS) will decide on the validity of 24 May’s PPP extraordinary general assembly and the existence of “two PPP presidents.” Registrar Datuk Md Alias Kalil said investigations would be carried out as soon as possible and a report would be handed over to Prime Minister Datuk Seri […]
DPM wants swift end to PPP crisis: Kayveas
PUTRAJAYA, 26 May 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called for a swift end to the crisis facing the PPP, its president Datuk M Kayveas said. He said that Muhyiddin, who is deputy Barisan Nasional (BN) chairperson, conveyed this at their meeting at the deputy prime minister’s office here. Kayveas, who declined […]
Najib to verify PPP’s status
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 May 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he would verify the People’s Progressive Party (PPP)’s status before deciding whether to accept the party’s invitation to open its general assembly. Najib, who is also Barisan Nasional chairperson, said the PPP had invited him to open the general assembly on 7 June. […]
Police reports lodged against Murugiah
SHAH ALAM, 25 May 2009: The Selangor People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has lodged a police report against Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s department T Murugiah for allegedly conducting an illegal extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in Putrajaya, yesterday. PPP vice-president Datuk Maglin D’Cruz, who was at the head of 12 Selangor PPP supreme council and […]
Kayveas challenges Murugiah to form a new party
KUANTAN, 25 May 2009: PPP president Datuk M Kayveas has challenged Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator T Murugiah to form a new party “so that he can become the president of the new party instead of creating all kinds of problems in PPP.” “I challenge him… if he’s so good, why not […]
Two presidents for PPP?
PUTRAJAYA, 24 May 2009: The political crisis in the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) continues to deteriorate when an emergency meeting claimed to be attended by 1,760 delegates from 778 party branches chose Senator Datuk T Murugiah as the new president. The latest development gave the impression as though the PPP now has two presidents, while […]
Understand contents of interview: Kayveas
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 May 2009: PPP president Datuk M Kayveas today urged all quarters to understand fully the contents of his “NST Live with Datuk M Kayveas” interview on 11 May. He said all the remarks he made on PPP’s position in the Barisan Nasional (BN) were spontaneous replies to questions posed from readers of […]
PPP to discuss party election date
SHAH ALAM, 20 April 2009: The PPP supreme council will meet this weekend to set the dates for the nomination and polling for party elections, expected to be held in June this year. PPP president Datuk M Kayveas said the party had to hold elections for the top posts this year following requests by state […]