Takiyuddin: Bersatu excluded from PN meeting over Supreme Council quorum doubts
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional has explained its decision to exclude Bersatu from a top coalition meeting, a move that prompted Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s party to lodge a complaint with the Registrar of Societies (RoS).
Perikatan Nasional (PN), a coalition government in Malaysia, has explained its decision to exclude the Parti Bersatu, Cemerlang dan Malaya (Bersatu) from a key coalition meeting. The exclusion came about due to unresolved questions over the quorum of Bersatu's Supreme Council. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's party, PN, lodged a complaint with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) over the issue.
According to PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, inviting Bersatu while the quorum issue remained unresolved could have compromised the validity of decisions made by the coalition. The dispute arose when four Bersatu MPs lodged a complaint with the RoS on July 13, claiming that there were only 23 Supreme Council members, whereas Bersatu's constitution required a quorum of 25.
Takiyuddin stated that he received a copy of the complaint and wrote to the Bersatu secretary-general on July 14 seeking clarification, but Bersatu did not respond. Later, PN sighted a letter from the RoS stating that Bersatu had the right to interpret its own constitution in line with the Societies Act. PN later issued letters to all six parties, including a representative from Bersatu, to attend the September 20 meeting to discuss the Melaka state election and other matters, indicating that PN's earlier decision was tied specifically to an unresolved issue at the time and was not intended as a permanent exclusion.
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