Perikatan gets High Court nod to challenge RoS suspension, but activities remain suspended pending Oct 22 stay bid

The High Court allowed Perikatan Nasional (PN) to challenge the Registrar of Societies' suspension but refused to temporarily halt it pending a substantive hearing.

The judicial review of two RoS notices from September will proceed, with a suspension application hearing set for October 22.

PN claims the suspension affects its election preparation, while the government argues the challenge is premature as the show-cause notice timeline has not lapsed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) must remain under an indefinite suspension of its activities for now, after the High Court declined to temporarily halt the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) order despite allowing the coalition to challenge it in court.

The ruling, reported by Free Malaysia Today, allows PN to proceed with a judicial review of two RoS notices issued in September, while its application to suspend their effect will be heard on October 22.

Justice Datuk Azizan Arshad said PN had met the threshold for permission to bring the case, but whether the suspension was lawful would have to be decided at a substantive hearing.

The legal challenge comes ahead of the November 14 Melaka state election, with PN arguing that the suspension has disrupted its preparations for the polls.

Lawyer Ivanpal Singh Grewal told the court the coalition could not finalise its candidates, mobilise grassroots supporters or prepare for the election while the suspension remained in force.

“At the moment, PN cannot meet and decide on its candidates. It cannot engage its grassroots and prepare for the election,” he said.

However, senior federal counsel Nurhafizza Azizan, representing the Attorney General, argued that the challenge was premature because the show-cause notice issued to PN had not expired and the RoS had yet to make a decision on the coalition.

PN’s application seeks to overturn a September 23 notice suspending its activities indefinitely, as well as a September 22 notice demanding an explanation for why the coalition should not be deregistered.

It is also seeking a declaration that both notices are invalid.

The application was brought by the secretaries-general of five PN component parties, excluding Bersatu: PN and PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, Gerakan’s Wong Chia Zhen, Malaysian Indian People’s Party’s N Sathes Kumar, Wawasan’s Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah and Pejuang’s Sazmi Miah.

The RoS director-general and Home Minister were named as respondents.

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高等法院允许国民联盟（PN）对社团注册官的暂停决定提出质疑，但拒绝在实质性听证会举行之前暂时中止该决定。

对 9 月份两份 RoS 通知的司法审查将继续进行，暂停申请听证会定于 10 月 22 日举行。

国民党声称暂停选举影响了其选举准备工作，而政府则辩称，由于要求说明理由的期限尚未到期，因此提出质疑为时尚早。

吉隆坡，10 月 13 日讯——尽管国民联盟（PN）可以在法庭上挑战社团注册局（RoS）的命令，但高等法院拒绝暂时中止该命令的执行，因此国民联盟目前必须无限期暂停其活动。

据《今日自由马来西亚》报道，该裁决允许国盟对9月份发布的两份《社保条例》通知进行司法审查，而其暂停该通知效力的申请将于10月22日进行审理。

法官拿督阿兹赞·阿尔沙德表示，国民联盟已达到提起诉讼的许可门槛，但暂停是否合法仍需在实质性听证会上决定。

此次法律挑战发生在11月14日马六甲州选举之前，国民联盟认为暂停选举扰乱了其选举准备工作。

律师伊万帕尔·辛格·格雷瓦尔告诉法庭，在暂停令生效期间，该联盟无法确定候选人，无法动员基层支持者，也无法为选举做准备。

他说：“目前，国民党无法开会决定候选人，也无法与基层党员互动，为选举做准备。”

然而，代表总检察长的联邦高级律师努尔哈菲扎·阿齐赞辩称，这项挑战为时尚早，因为向国民党发出的责令说明理由通知尚未过期，而且选举委员会尚未就该联盟做出决定。

PN 的申请旨在推翻 9 月 23 日无限期暂停其活动的通知，以及 9 月 22 日要求解释为何不应注销该联盟的通知。

它还寻求法院宣告这两份通知均无效。

这项申请是由国盟五个成员党（不包括土团党）的秘书长提出的：国盟和伊党秘书长拿督斯里达基尤丁、民政党黄家珍、马来西亚印度人民党沙提古玛、宏愿党拿督斯里赛夫丁阿都拉和土团党沙兹米米雅。

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