THE pro-tem committee of the United Rights of the Malaysian Party (Urimai) has filed a judicial review in the Kuala Lumpur High Court to seek the declaration within 14 days for the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to register Urimai as a political party.
According to the affidavit filed, the Home Minister shall alternatively hear and decide on the appeal that Urimai had filed against ROS’ decision to reject Urimai’s application on July 2 this year.
“For the record, we filed the appeal on July 19. It has been five months since we sent our appeal to the Home Minister but to date, there are no answers or response from the Home Ministry’s office or the ROS,” said Urimai secretary Satees Muniandy.
The judicial review was filed by Gunamalar Law Chambers, and will be heard in front of High Court Judge Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz on Jan 27, 2025 at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
The Home Minister and the ROS are named as respondents in this case.
“The formation of this party is our constitutional right as enshrined in the Article 10(1)(c) of Federal Constitution,” Satees stressed.
“When the Madani government continues to walk on the path of their predecessors in refusing the constitutional rights of Malaysians despite their reform rhetorics of the past, we have no choice but to refer to the Court of Law to protect and uphold our fundamental right.”
Urimai was founded in November 2023 by Prof P. Ramasamy who was a former Penang deputy chief minister II that had been with the DAP since 2005 but quit last year after being dropped as a candidate in the August 2023 state election.
The party name in Tamil means “rights”, which Ramasamy had previously said reflects Urimai’s purpose “to defend the rights of the people, especially the non-Malays”. – Dec 20, 2024
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