exclusive Former KeADILan vice-president Marina Yusoff wrote a scathing 12-point letter to deputy president Dr Chandra Muzaffar detailing her objections to his leadership over five months ago. The letter, however, was not delivered until last week.

A copy of the Jan 13 letter was received anonymously by malaysiakini early this week. (See [#1] Marina's letter [/#])

The letter began thus: "It is with great regret that I have to write to you. The situation has got so bad and the future of the party is at stake and the chances of getting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim out of prison is getting slimmer by the day.

"The main reason being that there is too much time wasted by those jostling for power and undermining each other. At this stage we should be concentrating on common objectives.

"I am very much aware of the mud slinging that you have been throwing at me and trying to make me a scapegoat for the failure in the general elections," wrote Marina.

The letter went on to describe in detail her gripes against Chandra, spelling out specific incidents in which she accused the party No. 2 for being insensitive.

She wrote that Chandra, on the eve of Nomination Day in the last general elections, reduced Azizah to tears with his "incessant scolding".

"You have not given her the dignity and respect she deserves," she added.

In addition, she wrote that Chandra drove KeADILan Youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor to the verge of handing his resignation and that vice-president Tian Chua took some efforts in convincing him to withdraw his resignation.

When contacted today to verify the authenticity of the letter received by malaysiakini , Marina confirmed that the letter was written by her and that she stands by its contents.

She informed further she mailed a copy of the letter to Chandra last week, accompanied by a two-paragraph covering letter dated June 19, which read:

"Enclosed herewith a letter which I wrote on Jan 13, but did not send to you after consulting Datuk Seri Anwar who advised me to hold on. I had hoped after that thereafter the situation would have improved and I can just tear up this letter and things would have gone back to normal. Unfortunately, the situation seemed to have deteriorated. I regret to note that the attacks were made against me on June 17-18 at the (party's) annual general meeting.

"I enclosed herewith a copy of the letter, the contents of which still hold true and reiterated its contents again. Any further derogatory remarks against me will result in me proceeding with legal actions against you and your 'supporters' for damages."

Marina stated that she would also arrange for another set of the letters to be hand-delivered to Chandra this afternoon.

Marina's resignation early this month appeared to stem from deep differences with Chandra that go back for more than half a year.

The spat between the two key party founders reached a point where it was either Marina or Chandra who had to resign.

Marina told malaysiakini today that since Chandra's offer to resign after the November general elections was not accepted by KeADILan leadership, she felt she had no choice but to quit. However, she was persuaded by her supporters to stay on.

The situation nevertheless remained unchanged in the last few months and she eventually threw in her resignation letter on May 18.

Appended to the resignation letter handed to KeADILan president Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was the Jan 13 letter written by Marina to Dr. Chandra, which Marina held back for several months after discussions with some of her close friends.

According to Marina, Chandra is unable to lead the party to greater heights.

"He does not understand the way to manage a party, he has no experience. He runs it like an NGO. All of my views were ignored," she said.

However, Marina stressed that no one had forced her to resign, and she made her own decision to quit the party.

When malaysiakini contacted Chandra's office, it is learnt that he is away overseas until July 5. Similarly Wan Azizah is also not available for comment as she is attending a conference in Poland.