MMA courting deregistration, warns ROS

Star: SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Medical Association will only have itself to blame if it is deregistered for failing to hold fresh elections.
Registrar of Societies Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman said the body had been given ample time to conduct fresh elections after it had violated several procedures during the last election in May.
“We cannot be issuing reminders to the MMA. We deferred their deregistration by six months and they should have rectified all wrongdoings committed during the last election,” he told The Star.
MMA president Dr Mary Cardosa had said the association was only told to abide by provisions in the Societies Act as well as its own laws in future to prevent the body from being struck off. She claimed that although the MMA had made some technical errors, this did not mean it had to declare the last election null and void.
It is understood that an MMA delegation led by Dr Cardosa met Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong to discuss the issue last week.
The ROS deregistered the MMA on Nov 16 after it failed to give a proper explanation to several charges of irregularities during the May election.
The deregistration was deferred by six months after the MMA appealed.
Abdul Rahman said it was to be “understood” that the MMA must go back to its members for a fresh election for contravening election rules.