By DayakDaily Team
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20: Perikatan Nasional (PN) is seeking a stay of the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) deregistration of the party, including all its consequences, pending a Kuala Lumpur High Court hearing on a related matter this Thursday.
PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said the coalition would also challenge the deregistration order’s validity through legal channels.
“PN urges the Attorney General to explain this action and clarify his department’s position in court during the hearing of PN’s application for a stay (of an earlier suspension notice) on Oct 22,” he told a press conference at the Parliament building here today.
Takiyuddin said RoS’ decision to deregister PN raised questions, as the High Court had previously granted leave for a judicial review application and scheduled a hearing on PN’s application for a stay of the suspension notice for Oct 22.
He said that on Oct 13, the court had set the hearing after the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) stressed the need for inter partes proceedings, meaning the parties involved must be present.
The Kota Bharu MP said PN also submitted a written application on Oct 14 requesting that the court take no further action pending the hearing, but the request went unanswered.
“Meanwhile, the AGC’s submission on Oct 19 stated that the deregistration process was ‘still ongoing’, without informing us that the action would be implemented the following day (today),” he said.
In a statement this morning, RoS announced PN’s deregistration after finding that the coalition’s explanation failed to rebut the grounds for deregistration outlined in an earlier notice.
The department said the Registrar of Societies made the decision after reviewing all documents and explanations PN submitted on Oct 12.
According to RoS, PN’s reasons also failed to provide sufficient justification to maintain the coalition’s registration. — Bernama
