UMNO today met and provided an explanation to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) regarding the passing of a no-contest motion for the president and deputy president posts during the party’s general assembly recently.

Its secretary-general Ahmad Maslan said he and three others met ROS director-general Mohd Nawardi Saad and his deputy at the agency’s headquarters in Putrajaya at 11.30 am with documents prepared by lawyers.

“The meeting this morning was to clarify that there was no violation of the meeting rules or the Umno constitution with more than 90% of the delegates present agreeing to motion number eight, namely for the positions of the Umno president and deputy president not to be contested in the party polls this time around,” he said.

Ahmad said the meeting was set following the actions of two Umno members, who on January 20, lodged complaints with the ROS to review the additional no-contest motion for the top two posts which was approved during the 2022 Umno general assembly held earlier this month.

He said additional documents would be submitted to the ROS on Thursday for further review, and he hoped that it would be able to give an answer or decision regarding the issue as soon as possible.

The media previously reported that complaints were submitted over the no-contest motion by Kuala Nerus Umno division member Muhammad Aizat Fikri Mohd Nasir and Seremban Umno division member Muhammad Fiqri Firdaus Muhammad Rom, who hoped that the ROS would be able to determine if there were irregularities in the motion adopted or otherwise. – Bernama, January 31, 2023.