He said although the RoS is under his ministry, he has no authority over it.

“As a minister, I only supervise it,” he told reporters.

Earlier this month, the RoS said Umno’s application to amend its party constitution would be decided by July 16.

If the amendment is approved, Umno can postpone its party polls by up to six months after a general election or up to 18 months from the end of its leadership’s term, whichever comes later.

However, it has been two months since the application was made after its emergency general meeting passed the amendment, but RoS has not decided on the matter yet.

Hamzah said only if RoS makes a decision to reject the application can the party appeal to him.

“Before that, I don’t have any authority.”

Asked about PKR which had been served with a notice from the RoS today to clarify the results of its recently concluded election, Hamzah said he didn’t know about the notice.

“This is the first time I am hearing about this,” he said.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told the PKR congress earlier this morning that he had received the letter today.

He added that the RoS issued the letter after having received “several complaints” about the party’s election process.

PKR, which had received over 1,800 complaints of fraud in the voting process during the party polls in May, had to put off its national congress from June to July to allow a forensic audit of the election.