RoS Urged To Act Over Alleged Crisis, Constitutional Breaches In PN - Tun Faisal

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- The Registrar of Societies (RoS) has been urged to take immediate action to address the ongoing crisis within Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) information chief Datuk Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz alleged that PAS had been manipulating PN to serve its own political interests, including taking unilateral actions that infringed on the rights of other component parties and allegedly contravened the PN Constitution.

“The key issue is the need for the RoS to intervene urgently to ensure that PN is not arbitrarily used by PAS to make unilateral decisions that deny the rights of any component party or breach the coalition's constitution.

“We want decisions by the PN Supreme Council (MTPN) to be made constitutionally through proper meetings, rather than through interference by the PAS president (Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang),” he told Bernama today.

Last Friday, media reports quoted Abdul Hadi as saying that Bersatu had automatically ceased to be a PN member following the party's intention to form a new coalition.

However, Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali rejected the claim, saying the party remains a legitimate PN member as there is no provision in the PN Constitution for the automatic termination of a component party's membership.

Mohamed Azmin also stressed that the PAS president has neither the authority nor veto power to determine Bersatu's status within PN.

Tun Faisal said PN should not be managed at the behest of any single party, but should instead be administered fairly, transparently, and with integrity in accordance with the coalition's constitution.

Meanwhile, Perak PN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said Bersatu remains a member of the coalition for the time being.

-- BERNAMA