Apr 19, 2013-DAP chairperson Karpal Singh said DAP will contest under the PAS logo for the Peninsula and PKR logo in Sabah and Sarawak in the general election, following the Registrar of Societies’ failure to respond.
DAP had appealed to the ROS to withdraw its Wednesday’s letter to suspend the party’s existing central executive committee (CEC) but till this afternoon the department has not responded.
“Following this, we will do as what was decided yesterday and contest under the PAS logo in Peninsular and PKR for Sabah and Sarawak,” he said when contacted.
Earlier today, ROS said it was in the midst of discussing DAP’s request that it withdraw its letter.
“We will do the necessary (actions) later,” ROS director-general Abdul Rahman Othman said in a text message without elaborating further on the actions ROS will be taking.
DAP had last night demanded that the ROS withdraws its letter by 3pm today.
The ROS’ letter, informing that it does not recognise the party’s top leadership lineup, was the result of claims of a “technical glitch” in the party’s election’s last year.
If ROS does not act on the letter’s demand, DAP is contemplating contesting under the PAS banner in the peninsula and under PKR’s in Sabah and Sarawak.
This is despite Election Commission (EC) chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof (right) confirming that DAP can still participate in the polls regardless of non-recognition of its CEC.
Meanwhile, DAP chairperson Karpal Singh told Malaysiakini that the party will not be filing any application to challenge the ROS’ decision.
He added that they are awaiting the ROS’ decision on whether it would be withdrawing the letter today.
“We will wait for the 3pm deadline which has been set,” he said.
