Ex-MMA heads want EGM

Star: SEREMBAN: Three past presidents of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) have threatened to embark on a signature campaign to compel its council to hold fresh elections.
Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Kadir, who headed the MMA in 1997, Datuk Dr Lee Yan San (1998) and Datuk Dr P. Krishnan (1999) have come together, saying they wanted to save the MMA from being deregistered by the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
“It is three months now since the conditional suspension of the MMA by the ROS and yet the association says the directive was not clear.
“This is indeed a sad state of affairs, as time is running out on the grace period of six months granted by the ROS,” Dr Abdul Hamid said.
Instead of holding fresh elections as per the ROS’ directive, he said the present MMA leadership was planning for its next annual general meeting in Kedah in May to elect office-bearers for the 2012-2013 term.
The ROS de-registered the MMA on Nov 16 after it failed to give a proper explanation on several charges of irregularities during its elections last May.
However, punitive action was put off by six months following MMA’s appeal.
Dr Krishnan said the MMA council should not allow itself to be manipulated by a few office-bearers.
“It is sad that the role of the MMA council as a governing body has been undermined by a few office-bearers,” he said, adding that a signature campaign would be conducted if the MMA council did not act.
Dr Lee appealed to the MMA leadership to take the ROS directive seriously.