RoS challenges court stay on Perikatan deregistration

The Registrar of Societies Malaysia (RoS) has filed an appeal against a High Court decision permitting Perikatan Nasional (PN) to challenge the deregistration order and continue its political activities.

This follows Judge Azizan Md Arshad's ruling allowing PN to stay the RoS's suspension, enabling its participation in the upcoming Melaka state election.

RoS initially suspended PN's activities under the Societies Act 1966 on September 23.

PN had contested this order, seeking to nullify the suspension and planned deregistration, which RoS decided upon on October 20.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — The Registrar of Societies Malaysia (RoS) has filed an appeal against the High Court’s decision allowing Perikatan Nasional (PN) to suspend action by RoS to deregister the political coalition.

According to documents obtained by the media, Federal Counsel representing RoS director-general Datuk Mohd Zulfikar Ahmad and Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail filed the notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal today, following their dissatisfaction with the decision delivered by High Court Judge Datuk Azizan Md Arshad yesterday.

Judge Azizan also allowed PN’s application to stay the implementation of RoS’ notice suspending all activities of the political coalition pending the court’s decision on its application for judicial review.

The decision paves the way for PN to contest the Melaka state election, scheduled for Nov 14.

Meanwhile, lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, representing the coalition, confirmed the filing of the notice of appeal.

On Oct 13, the court dismissed PN’s application for an interim stay of the RoS suspension notice but granted the political coalition leave to initiate judicial review proceedings.

The judicial review application was filed on Oct 5 by PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, together with Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) secretary-general Wong Chia Zhen, Malaysian Indian People Party (MIPP) secretary-general N. Sathes Kumar, Parti Wawasan Negara (Wawasan) secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah and Parti Pejuang Tanahair (Pejuang) secretary-general Datuk Sazmi Miah, named as the first to fifth applicants respectively.

RoS had earlier issued an order suspending all PN activities with effect from Sept 23. According to an RoS statement, the action was taken under Subsection 13(2A) of the Societies Act 1966, following a notice issued to PN on Sept 22.

In their application, the applicants claimed that the suspension prevented them from carrying out their political activities as usual, including using the coalition’s name and symbol to contest the 16th Melaka state election.

Among other things, the applicants sought a certiorari order to quash the suspension order and the notice proposing PN’s deregistration.

On Oct 20, RoS deregistered PN under subparagraph 13(1)(c)(iv) of the Societies Act 1966 after finding that the coalition’s explanation had failed to rebut the grounds for deregistration set out in the notice dated Sept 22. — Bernama

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马来西亚社团注册局 (RoS) 已就高等法院允许国民联盟 (PN) 对注销令提出质疑并继续其政治活动的裁决提出上诉。

此前，法官阿齐赞·穆罕默德·阿尔沙德裁定允许国民联盟暂缓执行社团注册局的暂停令，从而使其能够参加即将到来的马六甲州选举。

RoS 最初于 9 月 23 日根据 1966 年《社团法》暂停了 PN 的活动。

PN 对该命令提出异议，寻求撤销暂停和计划注销，RoS 于 10 月 20 日作出了决定。

吉隆坡，10 月 23 日讯——马来西亚社团注册局 (RoS) 已就高等法院允许国民联盟 (PN) 暂停 RoS 注销该政治联盟注册的裁决提出上诉。

据媒体获得的文件显示，代表社会保障局总​​监拿督莫哈末·祖尔菲卡·艾哈迈德和内政部长拿督斯里赛夫丁·纳苏蒂安·伊斯梅尔的联邦律师今天向上诉法院提交了上诉通知，因为他们对高等法院法官拿督阿兹赞·莫哈末·阿尔沙德昨天作出的裁决表示不满。

阿齐赞法官还允许国民党（PN）申请暂缓执行国家选举委员会（RoS）的通知，该通知暂停了该政治联盟的所有活动，等待法院对其司法审查申请作出裁决。

该决定为国民联盟参加定于11月14日举行的马六甲州选举铺平了道路。

与此同时，代表该联盟的律师穆罕默德·拉菲克·拉希德·阿里证实，已提交上诉通知。

10 月 13 日，法院驳回了 PN 提出的暂缓执行《社会保障法》暂停通知的申请，但准许该政治联盟启动司法审查程序。

国盟秘书长拿督斯里达基尤丁哈山于10月5日与马来西亚民政党秘书长黄家珍、马来西亚印度人民党秘书长萨蒂斯古玛、宏愿党秘书长拿督斯里赛夫丁阿卜杜拉和国民党秘书长黄家珍共同提出司法复核申请。拿督萨兹米米亚（Datuk Sazmi Miah）分别被列为第一至第五名申请人。

RoS此前已下令暂停PN的所有活动，自9月23日起生效。根据RoS的一份声明，此举是根据1966年《社团法》第13(2A)条采取的，此前RoS已于9月22日向PN发出通知。

申请人在申请书中声称，暂停资格使他们无法像往常一样开展政治活动，包括使用该联盟的名称和标志参加第 16 届马六甲州选举。

除其他事项外，申请人还寻求调卷令，以撤销暂停令以及提议注销 PN 的通知。

10月20日，社团注册局（RoS）依据1966年《社团法令》第13(1)(c)(iv)条，注销了国民联盟（PN）的注册资格。此前，社团注册局认定该联盟的解释未能反驳9月22日通知中列明的注销理由。——马新社

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