MUDA has won its lawsuit in the High Court today, securing an order for Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin to register it as a political party within two weeks.

The court also instructed the home minister to pay the legal cost of RM10,000. https://t.co/XMCUo0d8a0 pic.twitter.com/qjtveh9Bhw

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) December 14, 2021

The High Court did not provide oral grounds for its decision today.

But for those who are interested in @partimuda's submissions before the Court, below is a summary of why we say the Minister's decision to reject MUDA's registration was unlawful:

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021

2. His justification?

a) Saddiq was charged in Court

b) Saddiq & some founders joined peaceful assemblies at Dtrn Merdeka & the Lawan Rally – this promoted "budaya demonstrasi jalanan"

c) MUDA used party logo (eg: on a public statement) before it was registered

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021

4. On peaceful assemblies, we submitted:

– In 2019, Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 was specifically amended to remove "street protests" as an offence. It is hence ridiculous & totally against the law for the Minister to rely on this as an excuse

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021

6. – Morever, PEJUANG was also warned by ROS because it had used their party logo before it was registered.

But Minister went on to register PEJUANG anyway.

Again, double-standards & bad faith on the Minister.

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021

8. Finally, there were no reasons given by the Minister when it issued its decision to reject MUDA on 12.8.2021.

Providing reasons is the bare minimum which public bodies should strive for, as it promotes accountability & good governance.

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021

10. The freedom of association also includes freedom to establish political parties.

Political parties are vital because under Msian law, u can only use a party's logo if it's registered. We all know how important a logo is for elections.

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021

12. The Court agreed with us, and ordered:

a) a certiorari to quash the Minister's decision to reject MUDA

b) a mandamus ordering the Minister to register MUDA within 14 days

— Lim Wei Jiet (@lim_weijiet) December 14, 2021