This comes after Hamzah said the provisions in the party’s constitution were “not in order’ as per Schedule One of the Societies Act 1966. He said the party had set the minimum age for membership at 16 but did not set any maximum age limit.

In a statement, MUDA said these were factual errors by Hamzah, as its draft constitution had been amended to set the minimum age of members at 18, adding that the Registrar of Societies (RoS) had checked it numerous times.

It added that there was no maximum age limit for members as it was a party for all races and ages, while its name MUDA (youth in Malay) was actually an acronym for Malaysian United Democratic Alliance.

“There are no political parties in Malaysia that set a maximum age limit for party members. The excuses given by the minister actually strengthen our argument in court.

“Once again, we want to state that this process took months and technical problems such as the arrangement of sentences, conditions or rules can be rectified easily and quickly.”

Hamzah said yesterday that MUDA’s proposed constitution was poorly constructed, claiming that the party had not set a maximum age limit, according to reports.

He also said the party had yet to officially appeal to him over the rejection of its application and was yet to meet the RoS for a consultation, following an earlier rejection on Jan 6.

MUDA filed a lawsuit against Hamzah and the RoS on Jan 12 at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, seeking an order to quash the decision by both parties to reject its application.

The party had revealed that the RoS did not mention the grounds for rejecting its application in the email sent on Jan 6.

MUDA leader Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has also said in an affidavit that Hamzah had “enticed” him to support the government if he wanted MUDA’s registration to be approved.