KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court right here as we speak rejected the interim injunction utility by former Nenggiri assemblyman Mohd Azizi Abu Naim to stop the Election Commission (EC) from conducting the by-election for the state seat in Kelantan.
Lawyer Chetan Jethwani, representing Bersatu, stated Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain made the choice in chambers after discovering that Mohd Azizi didn’t undergo from any irreparable hurt as he might nonetheless take part within the by-election.
“With as we speak’s choice, the EC can proceed with preparations for the by-election. The full injunction utility can be heard on August 28 at 2.30 pm,“ the lawyer advised reporters after the listening to of the interim injunction utility.
According to the lawyer, the courtroom ordered Mohd Azizi to pay prices of RM7,000 to every defendant, particularly Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the social gathering’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah, and the EC.
Meanwhile, Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly, representing the EC and Mohd Amar, stated the courtroom said that an interim injunction couldn’t be granted to forestall the EC from finishing up its duties in accordance to the Federal Constitution.
The proceedings, which started at 4.30 pm and concluded at 7.30 pm, had been additionally attended by Mohd Azizi and his lawyer, Datuk Seri Rajan Navaratnam.
In the originating summons filed on June 24, Mohd Azizi, who can be Gua Musang MP, sought a declaration that the by-election for the Nenggiri state seat couldn’t be held or carried out by the EC (the fourth defendant) because the seat was nonetheless held by the plaintiff.
He can be in search of a courtroom declaration that his dismissal from the political social gathering in a discover dated June 12 was not legitimate, that the discover itself was not legitimate, and that his dismissal was accomplished with mala fide (in unhealthy religion).
Mohd Azizi stated that an modification made to Article 10 of the Bersatu structure, which stated a member’s membership could be terminated when the member supported a political rival, was unconstitutional.
