The Societies Act 1966 (Act 832) is a law approved by Parliament and if there are parties who want it amended, the matter should be brought up in Parliament, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.
“If there is disagreement, you have to look back at the Societies Act 1966. It is a law that was approved by Parliament. Hence, we hand it back to Parliament if we want the law to be amended,” Zahid told the media in Shah Alam last night.
He said this in response to the video clip aired by former Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin, in which he said he was not satisfied with Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail's decision to grant exemption to Umno in accordance with Section 70 of the Societies Act 1966 (Act 832), regarding the party's election.
On Umno's next direction, Zahid expects that the party's new leadership line-up, which will be elected, will work with him to translate the implementation of the party's new direction.
‘Hopefully, everyone will stand united’
He said that the direction, which has 21 steps, will be announced and realised after the party's election on March 18.
“We hope that Umno has no more thorns in its flesh. Hopefully, everyone will stand united as one team,” he said.
Regarding cooperation with other parties to face the state elections, Zahid, who is the Deputy Prime Minister, said that Umno would be holding internal discussions for three days, starting last night, in each state involved.
The six states that will hold state elections this year are Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Selangor, Terengganu, Kelantan and Kedah.
- Bernama
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