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PETALING JAYA: The Registrar of Companies (RoS) has rejected Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s (Pejuang) application to register as a political party.
Pejuang’s lawyer, Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi, confirmed that the RoS had sent them a letter on Wednesday (January 6) about their decision.
“They have rejected our formal request,” he told The Star.
When asked about the content of the letter, Mior said that the party founded by former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is expected to make a statement on this later on Thursday (January 7).
In December last year, Pejuang had submitted a request for judicial review to force the RoS to decide on his registration status.
Mior said the request for permission for a judicial review of the case was supposed to be heard on Thursday, but has since become academic as the RoS has made a decision.
The RoS has not responded to Star’s request for comment.
Last year, Pejuang applied to the RoS to become a registered political party.
The request was made at the RoS headquarters in Putrajaya on August 19.
It was sent to the CEO of RoS, Masyati Abang Ibrahim.
“We hope that the party will register as soon as possible so that we can participate in the democratic process of the country,” former Kedah mentri besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir told reporters after he and several others submitted the application.
In October, the RoS later put aside a complaint from Pejuang alleging that there was no news about the party’s request.
The RoS in a statement on October 30, 2020, said that it had held several discussions with the Party Sponsors Committee to review and issue opinions before taking further action.
He said that the application for registration was still under review and, furthermore, the application submitted did not fully meet the requirements.
The RoS asked Pejuang to contact him directly to complete all the registration requirements.
On December 10, Pejuang General Secretary Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah filed a request for judicial review to challenge RoS’s action, which has not yet approved the party’s registration.
In the request, Amiruddin requested a statement that the actions of both defendants in failing to render a decision or register Pejuang were in conflict with both defendants’ legal obligations, as well as unreasonable and in bad faith.
It also alternatively requested a statement that the failure of both defendants to register the party’s application for registration as a registered organization is contrary to the legitimate expectations of the applicant.
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