.anwaribrahim defends saifnasution over exemption for umnoonline on no-contest motion
“He has already explained the matter,” he told reporters after an event at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa here. “The law requires the Registrar of Societies to refer to the minister and the law provides him certain powers.”Anwar said he too, in the past, had overridden decisions made by civil servants. “For instance, some officers were instructed to award tenders . I overrode such decisions and called for open tenders,” he said when asked to comment on Saifuddin’s decision.
On Tuesday, Saifuddin confirmed Umno was granted an exemption pursuant to Section 70 of the Societies Act 1966 on the resolution made at the party’s general assembly to bar contests for the president and deputy president’s posts.Under Section 70, the minister is empowered to use his discretion to exempt any registered society from all or any of the provisions of the Act.
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