The top leaders of Parti Keadilan Nasional have yet to officially receive the resolutions made by its Indian Malaysian members yesterday in a meeting which discussed their dissatisfactions with the treatment accorded to them by the party.

President Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (photo, left) and secretary-general Sahri Bahari refused to comment on the resolutions which included a request for supreme council member N Gobalakrishnan to be appointed as one of the party's vice-presidents.

The top leaders said they will only make a statement on the matter after receiving the resolutions officially.

Proper channel

"I reserve my comment until I see (the request) officially. Once we receive it officially, we will dwell on the request accordingly," said Sahri.

He also expressed his regret that the request appeared in the press before it was conveyed to the party.

"Making such demands in the press is not very healthy. The matter should have been forwarded to the party's leaders through the proper channel. They should not have gone to the press first," he said.

Yesterday, former Youth exco S Manikavasagam said the Indian Malaysian members in the party had decided that supreme council member Gobalakrishnan (photo, left) should be appointed as one of the vice presidents and Manikavasagam himself should retain the Youth posts which he had relinquished in a fit of protest.

The absence of an Indian Malaysian vice-president in the party had been a sore point with them. Of the five vice-president posts, only three are filled, by Hulu Kelang state assemblyperson Azmin Ali, Internal Security Act detainee Tian Chua and former Penang mufti Sheikh Azmi Ahmad.

The ethnic Indians in the party were also upset by the recent annual general meet in Sungai Petani last month which they claimed had been turned into a platform to attack some individuals personally.

The meeting yesterday was held to discuss these issues and others they found perturbing.

When contacted today, Gobalakrishnan refused to state when he intended to submit the resolutions to Wan Azizah.