Suggestion for MMA re-election

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Medical Association president Datuk Dr P. Krishnan has suggested that MMA call for a re-election soon and not wait for its annual general meeting next May.
This follows the recent decision by the Home Ministry to give MMA six months to put its house in order if it wants to overturn a Nov 16 order by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to de-register the association.
Dr Krishnan said the six-month period was “too long”.
“Since MMA has violated its constitution, the office bearers must relinquish their posts as soon as possible and cannot run MMA’s day-to-day affairs,” he said, adding that association president Dr Mary Suma Cardosa was wrong to leave the matter to the next “normal” election.
Another former MMA president, Dr Milton Lum, said the time period given for the association to resolve its issues was reasonable.
“What MMA needs to do is go to ROS and humbly asks where it went wrong and get an official list of what needs to be done.”
Another MMA member said that legally, the office bearers could not do anything they liked during the six-month period and members would also not let them do what they liked.
Dr Cardosa had said in the MMA website that the association was no longer de-registered as of Nov 25, following the announcement to defer the ROS’ decision by six months.
“This decision means that MMA can resume normal functions until the next AGM in May next year when the next election of office bearers will be held in full compliance with MMA’s constitution,” she said, adding that the letter from the ministry did not state that a re-election must be held.