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| DAP rejects ROS directive on holding fresh polls Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: DAP is unable to accept the directive of the Registrar of Societies' (ROS) decision that the party will need to hold fresh polls, said secretary general Lim Guan Eng on Wednesday. He said the DAP central executive committee (CEC) came to the decision unanimously. "ROS did not mention as why they were not satisfied with the explanation given by DAP. "We find this extraordinary that they can just order fresh election without giving any grounds" he said during a press conference after holding an emergency central executive committee (CEC) meeting to discuss its next course of action following the Registrar of Societies' (ROS) decision that the party will need to hold fresh polls. In a notice dated July 30 by the ROS that was distributed by DAP on Wednesday night, it was stated that the ROS has decided that DAP must hold fresh elections. The notice was served under Section 16(1) of the Societies Act 1966. Lim questioned ROS, asking them to explain under which provision of law the directive to hold fresh CEC elections is given. "DAP is unable to accept the directive of ROS unless the Registrar provides reasons for which it is dissatisfied with the explanation provided by DAP in respect of the conduct of the CEC elections on Dec 15, 2012," he said. He said "until the (two) conditions are fulfilled, we cannot accept the directive". Meanwhile, national legal bureau secretary Gobind Singh Deo said they will send a formal letter to ROS on their decision on Thursday. "We are asking the Registrar under which provision of law they are acting on.Unless we are told we cannot accept and comply to the decision," he said. Gobind explained that Section 16 (1) under the Societies Act 1966,in a gist, says that if there is a dispute, ROS has a month to provide an explanation within a month for the registrar to consider. "If you read Section 16 (2) carefully, it does not give the ROS the power to direct a political party to hold fresh elections," he said. The ROS has been investigating complaints of electoral fraud in the DAP CEC election last December. The issue began when a recalculation revealed that Lim's political secretary Zairil Khir Johari, who had initially received 305 votes, clinched 803 votes. |
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