UMNO Menang Kes Semakan Kehakiman, Mahkamah Tolak Permohonan UMNO Diharamkan

MAHKAMAH Persekutuan menolak permohonan 16 bekas ahli UMNO untuk mendapatkan kebenaran memulakan semakan kehakiman bagi perisytiharan UMNO sebagai tidak sah kerana kononnya melanggar perlembagaan.

Dalam satu kenyataan kepada UMNO Online, Setiausaha Agung UMNO, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan berkata perkara tersebut diputuskan sebulat suara oleh lima hakim, dipengerusikan oleh Hakim Besar Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed pada jam 11.50 pagi hari ini.

“Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi menyatakan rasa syukur atas keputusan ini. Alhamdulillah,” ujarnya Ahmad yang juga Setiausaha Agung Barisan Nasional (BN).

Seterusnya, Ahmad turut bersyukur kerana selesai satu bab yang mencabar dalam perjuangan parti ini.

“UMNO sebuah parti yang banyak jasa kepada rakyat dan negara. Moga parti kita ini sentiasa dilindungi,” katanya lagi.

Tambah Ahmad, menurut mahkamah, 16 orang yang membawa kes itu bukan lagi ahli UMNO mengikut Perlembagaan UMNO Fasal 20.7.

Begitu juga Seksyen 18C Akta Pertubuhan tidak bertentangan dgn artikel 121 Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Bahawa apa jua keputusan parti politik tidak boleh dicabar di mahkamah.

Dalam penghakiman juga, mahkamah berkata isu semakan kehakiman juga telah menjadi akademik kerana UMNO telah melaksanakan proses pemilihan pada Jun 2018 dan jelas bahawa adalah menjadi satu polisi awam, bahawa mahkamah tidak akan mencampuri urusan parti politik.

Peguam yang mewakili UMNO ialah Datuk Hafarizam Harun manakala mewakili 16 bekas ahli UMNO ialah Hanif Khatri dan Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia (RoS) diwakili Shamsul Bolhasnan.

Memetik laporan, 16 anggota bekas parti itu meminta RoS untuk membatalkan keputusannya pada bulan Mac 2018 yang membenarkan UMNO menangguhkan pemilihan partinya sehingga April 2019 untuk menyiasat aduan yang dibuat dan membalasnya.

Mereka turut memohon perisytiharan bahawa UMNO merupakan parti yang tidak sah berkuat kuasa 20 April, tahun lepas.

UMNO wins judicial review case

THE Federal Court today rejected the application of 16 former UMNO members to get permission for a judicial review of the party’s declaration as invalid.
In a statement, UMNO Secretary-General Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the matter was decided unanimously by five judges chaired by Chief Justice of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed at 11.50am.
“UMNO President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi expressed his gratitude for this decision. Alhamdulillah,” said Ahmad who is also the Barisan Nasional Secretary-General.
 Ahmad is also grateful for completing one of the most challenging chapter in the party’s struggle.
“UMNO is a party that does a lot of service to the people and the country. I hope our party is always protected,” he added.
He said that according to the court, the 16 people who brought the case were no longer UMNO members according to Clause 20.7 of the UMNO Constitution. Similarly, Section 18C of the Societies Act is not contrary to Article 121 of the Federal Constitution, which means any decision of a political party cannot be challenged in court.
In the judgment as well, the court said the issue of judicial review had also become academic as UMNO had implemented the election process in June 2018 and it was clear that it was a public policy, and the court would not interfere in the affairs of political parties.
The lawyer representing UMNO is Datuk Hafarizam Harun while representing 16 former UMNO members is Hanif Khatri. The Registrar of Societies Malaysia (RoS) is represented by Shamsul Bolhasnan.
Citing a report, 16 members of the former party asked RoS to overturn its decision in March 2018 which allowed UMNO to postpone its party elections until April 2019.
They also applied for a declaration that UMNO is an illegal party effective April 20, last year, thus must be dissolved.
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