{
  "id": 16314393,
  "title": "Bersih calls for new law to regulate political parties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/bersih-calls-for-new-law-to-regulate-political-parties",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T10:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/24/bersih-calls-for-new-law-to-regulate-political-parties"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}