MELAKA: Perikatan Nasional has strong evidence to justify its proposal to take disciplinary action against Bersatu, its secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said.
He said the proposed action also covered Bersatu’s complaint to the Registrar of Societies (RoS), which resulted in PN’s registration being cancelled before the matter was challenged in court.
Takiyuddin said PN would proceed with disciplinary action against Bersatu after the Melaka election.
“The fact is that it lodged a complaint with the RoS, resulting in PN’s registration being cancelled. It was not merely suspended, but cancelled,” he said after delivering a speech at the Gelombang Biru campaign ceramah for the Pantai Kundor state constituency in Tangga Batu here today.
Also present were Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, BN election director for Pantai Kundor Datuk Noor Azman Hassan and BN candidate for the seat, Datuk Tuminah Kadi.
Takiyuddin, who is also Pas secretary-general, said the RoS decision to cancel PN’s registration was later challenged in court as the action was considered disproportionate to the complaint lodged.
“But when we brought the matter before the court, the court could not accept the cancellation as an appropriate course of action.
“So it is clear that this was an action that fell outside the norms of an organisation, including a political organisation,” he said.
PN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar was previously reported as saying that any proceedings or disciplinary action against Bersatu would only be decided after the Melaka election concludes on Nov 14.
He said PN had received several complaints from component parties over alleged misconduct and disciplinary breaches, which needed to be examined in accordance with the coalition’s constitution.
In response, Bersatu information chief Datuk Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz challenged Pas leaders to prove that the party had not breached the PN constitution before taking disciplinary action against Bersatu.
Tun Faisal also questioned Pas’s cooperation with Umno and BN in the Melaka election, including whether the negotiations had received the mandate of the PN Supreme Council.