KUALA LUMPUR: A strong integration programme should be formulated to strengthen the Barisan Nasional and its individual component parties, said MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
"The MIC would like to call upon the prime minister and BN chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to formulate the programme."We must not delay this exercise as it is important to regroup and reorganise our strategies and directions to regain the people's trust and confidence," he said.Samy Vellu said the programme should entail policies for the respective communities and be executed immediately. He called upon Abdullah to expedite assistance to the 30 per cent of the Indian community who were still living in poverty.
"I suggest that a committee headed by the prime minister and his deputy be formed, with its members consisting of all BN component parties leaders."The time has come for us to build a truly united Malaysian nation," he said.

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