Now Kula says he’s sorry

Perak DAP deputy chairman M. Kulasegaran, who just last week threatened to quit, has apologised to his party comrades today, claiming he had not meant to hurt anyone with his outburst.

His apology comes just a day after his chairman, Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham, whom he has blamed as one of the main reasons behind his quit threat, pleaded for forgiveness over the party’s leadership crisis in Perak.

Kulasegaran, who is presently on a week-long holiday with his family here, wrote in an emotional-sounding statement on his blog ipohbaratvoice.blogspot.com today that he had not meant to hurt his friends in the party, whom he regards as his “brothers and sisters”.

“DAP is like a family and [my] comrades are just like [my] brothers and sisters. The last thing I want to do is not to hurt this family and the family members.

“Nevertheless, to all those party leaders and members as well as party supporters who have felt disappointment or even anger over the Perak family problem becoming a public issue, I hereby tender my sincere apologies,” he said.

He lamented that while he and his family were happy with their stay in Nepal, his mind was still flooded with thoughts of his “second family back home in Malaysia — the DAP”.

“I have been planning for two months for this one week trip away from home. This is my third day here in Nepal.

“My family and I are happy with our stay here. But while enjoying the sightseeing and food here, my thoughts are also with my second family back home in Malaysia — the DAP,” he said.

The Ipoh Barat MP insisted that despite his outburst last week, he had no hidden agenda or ill-intention towards anyone in the party.

“My conscience is clear. I spoke no lie and made no insinuation against anyone. I was prepared to go open and tell all — nothing but the truth,” he claimed.

Kulasegaran was referring to his last-minute cancellation of a press conference on Saturday morning where he had threatened to expose in great detail the reasons behind his longstanding quarrel with Ngeh and his cousin, Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming.

He now pledged that he would abide by his agreement with DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng that his grievances with the party would not be open for public consumption.

“Since I have agreed with the party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng of the need to cease talking about internal issues openly, I shall abide by the agreement.

“I wish to take this opportunity to reiterate that despite the problems, challenges and disappointment, I shall remain committed to the DAP cause,” he said.

Kulasegaran also agreed with DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang that Perak DAP needed to demonstrate a leadership that could regain the public’s confidence and support.

“I shall play my part to ensure that DAP shall continue to be the beacon of hope for Malaysians who have yearned so long for a better Malaysia,” he promised.

Kulasegaran came under fire last week for publicly declaring his intention to quit his state party post via microblogging site Twitter, shortly after he stormed out of a special leadership meeting in Kampung Simee last Friday.

He had reportedly stormed out of the meeting after an unresolved spat with the Ngeh-Nga cousins, dangling his resignation threat in the air.

On Saturday, Ngeh expressed regret at Kulasegaran’s chosen method of communication, pointing out that as a responsible leader, the latter should have allowed his grievances with the party to be resolved internally.

On Sunday, Ngeh issued a joint statement with his vice-chairman A. Sivanesan, announcing that as agreed by the party’s secretary-general Lim, all leaders would refrain from issuing media statements on the crisis as it should be resolved within the confines of the party.

Kulasegaran’s ongoing stand-off with the Ngeh-Nga cousins centers primarily on their disgreement over the formation of branches in the state, as well as several other leadership issues.

On the one hand, Kulasegaran and his men have accused Ngeh and Nga of forming over 100 new branches without attaining endorsement from the state committee while on the other, the cousins have alleged that their arch rivals had been illegally reviving old branches to shore up support for themselves.

Friday’s meeting was a part of an effort mooted three months ago to unite the feuding factions, and was initially aimed at amicably ironing out certain issues that had risen between the two factions, ahead of the party’s coming state elections on November 14.



comments

Another weak leader in the making. Gag order came out, and he quickly withdrew everything. Now I personally think that DAP does not live up to its slogan of CAT.
CUE should be the slogan for DAP.
CUE = Cover Up Everything
Goodbye, DAP.
So far PAS is performing very well, at least not pretentious.