Bersih calls for new law to regulate political parties
Reform group says this could replace registering parties under the Societies Act to boost transparency in financing and provide a mechanism to resolve internal disputes.
Bersih, an institutional reform group, has called for a new law to regulate political parties separately from other organisations, following the controversy over Perikatan Nasional's deregistration by the Registrar of Societies (RoS). Bersih chairman Faisal Abdul Aziz stated that the dispute highlighted the need to reform the laws and institutions overseeing political parties, which are currently registered under the Societies Act 1966.
A dedicated Political Parties Act would allow political parties to be registered and regulated separately from other organisations, providing a special tribunal to adjudicate internal disputes within political parties and coalitions.
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