Ex Bagan Luar DAP branch chairman is seeking to declare the result of the Bagan Dalam state seat null and void.
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang High Court will hear the case of former Bagan Luar DAP branch chairman who is challenging the victory of Bagan Dalam assemblyman A Tanasekharan in the general election on March 11.
G Asoghan, who is represented by counsel V Amarason, said the court had fixed the date after the documents were submitted earlier today.
Asoghan wants the Tanasekharan’s victory declared null and void because DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is not recognised by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and therefore cannot sign the letter of consent to contest in the elections.
Asoghan, who is also a party delegate to national congress, was sacked on April 23 last year after he contested the Bagan Dalam state constituency as an independent candidate.
He said the ROS, through a letter issued before the general election in May, had set aside the DAP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) election results on Dec 12 and ordered fresh polls.
“Therefore a by-election should be held for the Bagan Dalam state seat,” he said.
Asoghan named Thanasekharan and the Elections Committee as the defendants.
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang High Court will hear the case of former Bagan Luar DAP branch chairman who is challenging the victory of Bagan Dalam assemblyman A Tanasekharan in the general election on March 11.G Asoghan, who is represented by counsel V Amarason, said the court had fixed the date after the documents were submitted earlier today.
Asoghan wants the Tanasekharan’s victory declared null and void because DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is not recognised by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and therefore cannot sign the letter of consent to contest in the elections.
Asoghan, who is also a party delegate to national congress, was sacked on April 23 last year after he contested the Bagan Dalam state constituency as an independent candidate.
He said the ROS, through a letter issued before the general election in May, had set aside the DAP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) election results on Dec 12 and ordered fresh polls.
“Therefore a by-election should be held for the Bagan Dalam state seat,” he said.
Asoghan named Thanasekharan and the Elections Committee as the defendants.
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