Four years on, Pakatan still awaiting registration
We have yet to receive an official letter from the ROS on our application as a political party, says PKR’s Saifuddin Nasution
Alyaa Azhar, FMT
PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution said Pakatan Rakyat’s application as a political coalition remains unprocessed by the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
“According to the ROS’ key performance indicator (KPI), they are to update applicants on the status of the application no later than 30 days.
“However, from the date they received our application documents, we have yet to receive an official letter from the ROS with regards to Pakatan Rakyat’s application status,” he said.
Pakatan Rakyat filed its application to the ROS on Nov 30, 2009.
Saifuddin added that they knew about the application’s status through media statements by the ROS and asked why the ROS has not given them an answer in written form.
“What’s preventing them from responding via an official letter? They should tell us what else needs to be completed. The ROS should facilitate registration,” said Saifuddin.
Old application
He also said that the coalition had held its annual general meeting (AGM) on Feb 25, 2011, electing Tumpat MP Kamaruddin Jaafar to replace Zaid Ibrahim who had resigned.
“After our AGM, we went to the ROS and sent them a letter. However, in a verbal response, they said that we cannot have an AGM to change a pro-tem committee member because no decision has been made on the old application,” he said.
