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PN says ROS deregistration warning a political attack, issues gag order
Perikatan Nasional has confirmed receiving a notice from the Registrar of Societies (ROS) warning the coalition of imminent deregistration, which it said was issued in bad faith (mala fide) to apply political pressure.
In light of this, the coalition has issued a gag order preventing anyone from saying anything on PN's behalf other than chairperson Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar and secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan.
Perikatan Nasional has confirmed receiving a notice from the Registrar of Societies (ROS) warning the coalition of imminent deregistration, which it said was issued in bad faith (mala fide) to apply political pressure.
In light of this, the coalition has issued a gag order preventing anyone from saying anything on PN's behalf other than chairperson Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar and secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan.
The gag order may be aimed at finding fault with estranged component party Bersatu for disciplinary breaches to further justify PN kicking Bersatu out of the coalition.
Its claim that politics may be involved is also not far-fetched. In early 2023, the ROS had wanted to deregister Umno for blocking contests for the party president and deputy president posts.
However, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail saved Umno - a critical component of the then fledgling Madani government - by using his ministerial discretion to exempt the party from compliance.
In a statement this morning, Takiyuddin (above) said PN received the deregistration notice on Tuesday, and the notice to cease activities using the coalition name yesterday.
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He also confirmed the deregistration notice stemmed from Bersatu's complaint that it was not invited to a PN supreme council meeting on July 16.
Legal action
Takiyuddin said PN will be taking legal action to defend the coalition and prevent deregistration. The coalition has 30 days to show cause to the ROS.
He urged PN members to remain calm and assured that relevant information and documents will be revealed to the public transparently.
Bersatu lost control of PN after its president Muhyiddin Yassin resigned as coalition chief on Jan 1.
PAS subsequently assumed power and slowly began sidelining Bersatu, especially after the Bersatu splinter party, Wawasan Negara, was formed.
The relationship had completely broken down by the time of the Negeri Sembilan election, where Bersatu contested with its own logo against PN.
Bersatu is now mulling partnership with its former coalition, Pakatan Harapan, for the upcoming Malacca polls.
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The ROS notice also comes as PAS-led PN and BN move forward in their cooperation, which threatens to end Harapan-led rule in the next general election.
Meanwhile, in a statement today, the ROS confirmed that the notice it issued to PN was a show-cause letter warning of imminent deregistration as per Section 13(2) of the Societies Act.
It urged all to refer to official information and avoid speculation.
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Can see all the greens on social media playing the victim card (when are they ever not the victims) and claiming foul play by Pakatan Harapan. Instead of whining like cry babies, they should either ask their beloved leaders to follow the law properly when it comes to managing a registered political organisation or direct their complaints towards Bersatu (their former best friend) who made the (valid) complaint to ROS in the first place. The fact that they didn't invite Bersatu to the PN meeting is enough proof for the ROS to deregister PN as an illegal organisation. Madani should act ruthlessly on this matter and shutdown PN post haste. No need give face to the never give facers.
Husband n wife stay together. Husband wants to apply for divorce but already chase the wife out of the house... worse still husband brought in another woman. Wife complain to marriage court and mc decided no one should stay at the house till investigation and divorce become offical. Husband blame everybody except himself !
PAS is a political party with extreme ideological ambitions. Not suited for a multi-racial and religious country such as Malaysia. Reasonable and matured citizens cannot support PAS. Looking at recent political history of this nation, PAS is somewhat a TOXIC political partner to form a coalition with. Never succeed.
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