Home Minister should not be allowed to control RoS: Tangau

Kota Kinabalu: United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) calls upon the Registrar of Society (RoS) to uphold freedom of association provided for under Article 10(1)(c) of the Federal Constitution and approve the registration applications by Muda and Pejuang. 

Its President Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau (pic) said the rejection of Pejuang’s and Muda’s applications for registration as political parties just underlines the glaring conflict of interests in regulation of parties. 

“Why should whichever politician who is Home Minister be allowed to control RoS and decide if his/her potential rivals can register a new party or if an existing party can be deregistered? 

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“This is as absurd as putting Grab in charge of registration of other e-hailing companies or putting AirBnb in charge of registration of other home-rental companies,” he said in a statement.

 

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