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UF temporarily cancels party registration
Media Release
Friday 31 May 2013
UF temporarily cancels party registration
UnitedFuture Party President Robin Gunston today announced that the party has asked the Electoral Commission to cancel its registration as a political party while it clears up inconsistencies in its confirmed membership numbers.
“While we have well over the 500 members required under Section 71 A of the Electoral Act for a political party to be registered, there are inconsistencies in the party’s records around current addresses and the financial status of some of those members,” Mr Gunston said.
“Quite simply, this meant that we could not, hand-on-heart, sign the required statutory declaration to swear to our membership.
“For that reason, we have asked the Electoral Commission to cancel the party’s registration while we confirm the numbers.
“We are certainly very confident that this will be sorted out and our registration restored, but it is about complying with both the letter and the spirit of the law,” he said.
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