PETALING JAYA: Pejuang, which is facing an unusual delay in its registration by the Registrar of Societies (RoS), is open to contesting on other party tickets if the need arises in GE15.

Party leader Mukhriz Mahathir said among the options would be Sabah-based Warisan, adding that its candidates would not stand as independents.

Speaking at a Sinar Harian forum yesterday, Mukhriz said Warisan was a possible option in the event that Pejuang’s registration was left unapproved by the RoS.

“We will not be contesting as independent candidates. At best, we must be part of a political party. There are several options and we will consider the matter,” he said in response to a question on whether Warisan was able to expand to the Peninsula.


- More -

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday, “During the darkest days of the Model 3 program, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value). He refused to take the meeting.”
  
• Musk and Tesla have not discussed considering selling the company in any financial filings.
  
• The news comes one day after Reuters reports that Apple is once again getting serious about getting into the automotive industry, a persistent rumor since 2015.
  

(CNN)President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of the election, creating a dire situation that multiple senior officials and people close to the President say has led to new levels of uncertainty at how Trump will resist the coming end to his tenure.

"No one is sure where this is heading," one official said on Monday. "He's still the President for another month."

Conspiracist lawyer Sidney Powell, disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, onetime chief strategist Steve Bannon, hawkish trade adviser Peter Navarro and the eccentric founder of the retail website Overstock have all recently found themselves in the Oval Office or on the telephone advising Trump on new last-ditch efforts to reverse his loss.

That's in addition to Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who has been feeding the President's conspiracy theories for weeks and who, along with Powell, was seen again at the White House on Monday.

In the process, Trump has mostly shunned those working inside the government, leading to growing fears of how he may lash out in the four weeks he has remaining in the White House -- or at how he may resist leaving the building come Inauguration Day.

Through it all, Trump has mostly abandoned the day-to-day running of government. At a Cabinet meeting last week, he spent much of the time complaining about his suspicions of voter fraud, according to a person familiar with the matter, leaving some attendees puzzled at the point of the gathering.


- More -

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 ― Former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas and Malaysian Bar ex-president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan have been appointed to lead the legal battle for Muda’s registration, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said.

The Malaysian Insight reported the Muar MP as saying yesterday that his party was prepared to fight it out in court should the Registrar of Societies fail to register the newly-formed outfit.

“If the approval is not given, we will bring the matter to court,” said Syed Saddiq, who is the party’s protem president.

“We are disappointed with the delay.”


- More -