Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Gobala gets show-cause letter from PKR

Former PKR supreme council member N Gobalakrishnan's recent tirade against party leaders has earned him a 45-page show cause letter.

Gobalakrishnan said on Twitter at about noon that he had received the document through fax. Attempts to reach him has been futile.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution confirmed the matter and said that Gobalakrishnan will be asked to explain his various outbursts.

“This (show-cause letter) is a normal procedure when there are party leaders who continuously attack the party without going through the proper channels,” said Saifuddin.

Gobalakrishnan has two weeks to respond.

Gobalakrishnan, who is the Padang Serai MP, has gone on a warpath against the leadership beginning with claims that the party elections were rigged.

In a show of opposition to the party leadership, Gobalakrishnan also appeared at the home of the party's then biggest dissident Zaid Ibrahim, moments before the latter demanded for party de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim to step down.

Following this, Gobalakrishnan lashed out at the party for appointing political novice N Surendran as vice-president, claiming that the latter was not capable of representing the Indian community and could not speak Tamil fluently.

His most recent attacks on the party leadership involved the reopening of the Sivan Temple in Petaling Jaya. Gobalakrishnan claimed that Awnar had personally ordered the closure of the temple.

In between all this were numerous posts on Twitter where he condemned party leaders, particularly Anwar and deputy president Azmin Ali.
 

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