KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP has not been de-registered and can still use its symbol for the 13th general election, said Registrar of Societies director-general Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman,
He added in a statement here that the ROS office informed DAP on Wednesday that it was studying the party’s registration following a dispute among its members.
Pending the resolution of the dispute, the ROS, as provided for under Section 3A of the Societies Act 1966, did not accord recognition to the office bearers of the committee formed in party elections on Dec 15 last year, he said.
“However, DAP has not been de-registered and it can still use its symbol in GE13,” Abdul Rahman added.
Bernama quoted him as saying that investigations into party elections would proceed.
In a sudden press conference yesterday night after their emergency CEC meeting, DAP said it would give the ROS until 3pm today to revoke the letter derecognising their central executive committee members.
Failing which, party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said they would instruct all their candidates to use the PAS and the PKR symbols when handing in their nomination forms tomorrow.
Lim reiterated that all 53 parliamentary seat candidates and 103 state seat candidates would then use the PAS symbol in Peninsular Malaysia, and the PKR banner in Sabah and Sarawak.
At another press conference earlier in the day, Lim had claimed that the non-recognition of the CEC appointed after the party elections rendered his position vacant.
With regard to the elections, he noted that candidates from all political parties are required to hand in a letter of authorisation from the party leadership allowing them to contest under their party symbol.
If he was not recognised as secretary-general, Lim said, the letters of authorisation to the candidates would be worthless.
Separately, EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omarsaid DAP would be allowed to contest using its own symbol if the ROS’ decision only involved not recognising the central executive committee.
In Kelantan, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu said PAS would allow DAP to use its symbol in the general election.
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