Umno had in their general assembly approved a motion for the post of president and deputy president not to be contested at the party elections.
The three Umno members claimed that the home minister’s decision denied other members the chance to challenge the incumbents for the top two posts.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here denied applications filed by three Barisan Nasional members to challenge home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s decision to exempt the top two posts in Umno from being contested at the party elections last January. Justice Amarjeet Singh dismissed the leave applications by Satarriah Abdul Karim, Zaidi Abdul Majid and P Vellasamy on grounds that the courts cannot inquire into political parties’ matters, as stated under Section 18C of the Societies Act.Satarriah, Zaidi and Vellasamy claimed that Saifuddin’s decision contravened Article 8 of the Federal Constitution on equality, adding that it had denied other members the chance of challenging the incumbents for the post of president and deputy president.
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