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The Kuala Lumpur High Court will hear on March 1 a suit brought by Pakatan Harapan against the Registrar of Societies to compel the latter to register it as a formal coalition.
Lawyer Michelle Ng said the five Harapan leaders who filed the suit obtained the date yesterday.
Lawyer Michelle Ng said the five Harapan leaders who filed the suit obtained the date yesterday.
The five are Harapan chief secretary Saifuddin Abdullah, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution, Bersatu secretary-general Shaharuddin Md Salleh, and Amanah assistant secretary Abang Ahmad Kerdee Abang Masagus.
Harapan wants a declaration that the ROS' failure to respond to their application to be registered as a formal political coalition was a breach of its statutory duties as well as against their "legitimate expectation" for a response.
They want the court to issue an order of mandamus to compel the ROS to register them as a formal coalition under the Societies Act 1966.
Earlier this month, Harapan had revealed that they had submitted an official letter to the ROS addressed to its director-general Suriyati Ibrahim.
In the letter, they cited a Nov 20 meeting with Suriyati, during which Harapan was told that its application could not be processed because the ROS was still awaiting a report from the Bersatu annual general meeting and the party's annual returns, as well as DAP's central executive committee (CEC) re-election report.
The ROS had at the time recognised DAP's re-election thus Harapan said it was time the registrar also recognised Bersatu as a registered body.- Mkini
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