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| Huan's claim of six-month suspension agreement baseless |
| Politics & Government 2009 | |||
| Written by Yong Min Wei | |||
| Sunday, 28 June 2009 13:05 | |||
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KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan President Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has refuted a claim by the party’s embattled vice-president Huan Cheng Guan that the latter would only be suspended for six months should he apologise for criticising the party's leadership. According to Koh’s political secretary Ong Thean Lye, Huan’s latest claim was baseless and of no significance, adding that Koh had never made such a promise to the embattled vice-president. “Dr Koh did not promise Huan that he would be suspended only for six months. On the contrary, Koh was merely talking to Huan in the context of provisions in the constitution,” Ong said in a June 27 statement. Ong pointed out that it was unfortunate that Huan did not understand what the president meant by stating that Gerakan’s constitution provided for a suspension to be reviewed every six months, if not lifted earlier. He said the three-year suspension meted out to Huan was not based on the sole discretion of Koh, but was a decision reached by the party’s Central Working Committee (CWC) after careful deliberation. “If Huan is not pleased with the decision of the CWC, he should follow the constitution and appeal to the committee within 14 days of being notified of the decision,” he added. Ong said that if Huan loved and is loyal to Gerakan, he should know the difference between constructive criticism through party channels and openly attacking the leadership. The CWC had a week ago suspended Huan from the party for three years due to his declaration of wanting to leave the party and for openly attacking the party and its leadership. Huan has maintained that he would not appeal the decision and had recently told the press that Koh had a gentleman's agreement with him for a six-month suspension should he apologise to the party.
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