KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 -- Perikatan Nasional (PN) has officially consolidated its leadership under Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar following formal confirmation from the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

With the transition now legally recognised, PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan warned today that all meetings and activities held under the party banner must have the chairman's explicit approval to remain in compliance with the Societies Act.

The directive follows the receipt of an official ROS letter dated today and addressed to Takiyuddin in his capacity as secretary-general of the coalition; the correspondence solidifies the coalition's administrative standing and settles its management structure.

The ROS validation cen...