01-09-2021, 09:34 AM
The rejection of Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) and the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda)’s application for registration as political parties just underlines the glaring conflict of interests in the regulation of parties.
Why should whichever politician who is Home Minister be allowed to control the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and decide if his/her potential rivals can register a new party or if an existing party can be deregistered?
This is as absurd as putting Grab in charge of registration of other e-hailing companies or putting AirBnb in charge of registration of other home-rental companies.
United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) calls upon ROS’s director-general Masyati Abang Ibrahim, to uphold freedom of association as provided for under Article 10(1)© of the Federal Constitution and approve the registration application by Muda and Pejuang.
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Why should whichever politician who is Home Minister be allowed to control the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and decide if his/her potential rivals can register a new party or if an existing party can be deregistered?
This is as absurd as putting Grab in charge of registration of other e-hailing companies or putting AirBnb in charge of registration of other home-rental companies.
United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) calls upon ROS’s director-general Masyati Abang Ibrahim, to uphold freedom of association as provided for under Article 10(1)© of the Federal Constitution and approve the registration application by Muda and Pejuang.
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