The Malaysian Ceylonese Congress (MCC; ms, Kongres Ceylonese Malaysia, ta, மலேசிய சிலோனீஸ் காங்கிரஸ், si,
මැලේසියානු ලංකා කොන්ග්රසය) is a political party in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
.
Formation
Formed earlier in 1958 as Malayan Ceylonese Congress before it changed its name to Malaysian Ceylonese Congress in 1970, the MCC was established as a political party. MCC was initially originated from Selangor Ceylonese Association or ''Persatuan Ceylon Selangor'' founded in 1900, when the meeting of its members under leadership of M.W. Navaratnam in January 1958 decided to transformed the association status to a political party by changing its name and constitution to Malayan Ceylonese Congress. The brainchild of M.W Navaratnam, MCC was formed to promote and preserve the Political, Educational, Social and Cultural aspects of the Malaysians of Ceylonese origin, or
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n descent.
MCC was hoping to join the
Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...
(BN) and its predecessor
Alliance coalition since the
independence
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in 1957 despite debates that the Malaysian Ceylonese community should join the
Malaysian Indian Congress
The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC; ta, மலேசிய இந்திய காங்கிரஸ், Malēciya Intiya Kāṅkiras; formerly known as Malayan Indian Congress) is a Malaysian political party. It is one of the founding membe ...
(MIC), one of BN's major component party for the
Malaysian Indians
Malaysian Indians or Indian Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indian or South Asian ancestry. Today, they form the third-largest group in Malaysia after the Malays and the Chinese. Most are descendants of those who migrated from India durin ...
instead. MCC used to have a Senator in the ''
Dewan Negara
The Dewan Negara (English language, English: Senate; Literal translation, lit. "State Council") is the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia, consisting of 70 senators of whom 26 are elected by the State legislative assemblies of Malaysia, ...
''; the Upper House of
Parliament of Malaysia until 1981.
Before the
2018 general election (GE14) which saw the fall of BN ruling government, MCC indirectly had been supporting the BN coalition and was considered to be pro-BN. MCC was inclined to BN when the coalition was in power and had received aid from the BN ruling government then.
President
To date, seven presidents have held office since 1958.
*1) M. W. Navaratnam (1958–1969)
*2) C. Sinnadurai (1970–1983)
*3) Tan Sri V. Jeyaratnam (1983–1987)
*4) N. Arumugasamy (1988–1995)
*5) Prof. Datuk Dr D.M. Thuraiappah (1996-2003)
*6) NKS Tharmaseelan (2004–2017)
*7) Mahendranathan Thuraiappah (2018-)
See also
*
List of political parties in Malaysia
This is a list of political parties in Malaysia, including existing and historical ones.
Legislation
Under the current legislation, all political parties (termed "Political Associations") must be registered under the Societies Act.
Election e ...
*
Politics of Malaysia
Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power ...
*
Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...
*
Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
External links
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Official website (archive)Malaysian Ceylonese Congress - HQ on FacebookMalaysian Ceylonese Congress HQ Facebook GroupMalaysian Ceylonese Congress Youth Facebook
* ttp://mccmuar.blogspot.com/ MALAYSIAN CEYLONESE CONGRESS Muar Blogspot* ttp://cj.my/post/64204/ceylonese-community-receives-rm2-5million-aid Ceylonese community receives RM2.5million aid
References
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Political parties in Malaysia
Political parties established in 1958
1958 establishments in Malaya
Hindu political parties in Malaysia
Sri Lankan diaspora in Malaysia
Political parties of minorities
Conservative parties in Malaysia
Identity politics
Indian-Malaysian culture
Indian National Congress breakaway groups