KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional will call on Bersatu to attend a meeting despite the dispute between the two sides remaining unresolved, says Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.
The Perikatan secretary-general said Bersatu remained a component party of the coalition and would be invited to attend an upcoming meeting, Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports.
He said the High Court’s decision on Thursday (Oct 22) to suspend the notice cancelling Perikatan’s registration, issued by the Registrar of Societies (ROS), allowed the coalition to convene meetings.
“We will call Bersatu for a meeting. It is still a component party,” he said when asked whether the coalition would invite Bersatu to a meeting at a press conference in the lobby of the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Thursday.
Previously, Takiyuddin had claimed that Bersatu was behind the Perikatan's deregistration by the ROS following the party’s complaint over alleged breaches of the coalition’s constitution.
He also claimed that Bersatu had stabbed its coalition partner in the back by lodging a complaint with the ROS over PN’s failure to invite the party to a meeting on July 16.
On Thursday, the High Court allowed Perikatan Nasional's application to stay the suspension and deregistration imposed on it by the ROS, pending the disposal of a judicial review filed by Perikatan.
Judge Azizan Md Arshad made the decision after allowing the coalition’s application for the notice to be suspended pending the hearing of the substantive judicial review proceedings.
The ruling came nine days before nomination day for the Melaka state election, with the coalition seeking to retain its right to contest under its own name and logo.
In delivering the decision, the High Court Judge said the court found exceptional circumstances that warranted the stay, particularly the potential harm to Perikatan’s political activities and its participation in the state election.
