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Monday, August 5, 2013

‘Does the ROS DG think he’s the king?’

ROS DG Abdul Rahman cannot wake up one morning and simply say he is not satisfied with our clarification, says Guan Eng.
GEORGE TOWN: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today slammed the Registrar of Societies (ROS) director-general Abdul Rahman Othman of acting like a “king” by refusing to explain reasons to call for fresh party polls.
He also said that ROS must provide the reasons on why it was not satisfied with DAP’s explanation on the alleged internal irregularities that took place in last December’s party polls.
He said the party would not re-convene the party polls for 20-elected positions in central executive committee (CEC) until ROS rendered an official written reply explaining the reasons.
“Please don’t tell us you (ROS) need not give us a reason.
“If they can do this now, what assurance is there that they would not do it again? This is not acceptable. This is against natural justice, democracy and due process of the law. We want a proper explanation.
“Abdul Rahman cannot wake up one morning and simply say he was is satisfied with our clarification.
“He cannot simply ask us to hold fresh elections without giving us a reason and the law for it.
“Who does he think he is? He thinks he is the king where one does not give any explanation.
“This establishes our concern that this is an abuse of power to victimise us politically,” he told a press conference in Komtar here today.
Last week ROS had issued an official directive to the DAP to hold fresh polls following an investigation on complaints by party members that last December’s election was marred by irregularities.
In its prompt reply, the DAP defied ROS orders, demanding reasons to do so.
DAP also claimed that ROS had no power to order for fresh polls.
Abdul Rahman said yesterday the ROS was not obliged to provide reasons for its directive.

BN lies

Referring to a statement by Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on ROS dissatisfaction on July 29, Lim chided ROS for allegedly issuing media statements on the issue before even conveying its messages to the DAP through official letters.
“This is typical of ROS these days. It is making announcements before issuing any letter in reply to this matter,” he said.
On July 30, ROS had hand-delivered the official letter to DAP on its fresh polls directive as provided under Section 16 (1) of the Societies Act 1966.
Lim rebuked ROS for believing lies spread by Barisan Nasional (BN)-linked media that some 700 members did not receive the notice to attend the party national delegates’ conference last year.
Another allegation of irregularities is that 547 illegal delegates voted at the CEC polls.
In their complaints to ROS, party members had also alleged that Lim’s aide and now Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari leapt from previous 39th in the official announcement of results to the 20th CEC elected position a month later due to manipulation of vote tabulation.
But Lim denied balloting manipulation, insisting that the election was clean.
He claimed the party only made a mistake in the calculation, which was attributed to a technical glitch.
“We are transparent and we announced it. But we are being punished for being truthful,” he said.

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