KUALA LUMPUR: It is premature to comment on Perikatan Nasional's status following its deregistration, as the coalition intends to appeal, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

She said questions on the matter should be directed to Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, who oversees the Registrar of Societies.

"I think let them be, because now they want to file an appeal, right? I won't respond. In English, (it) says premature," she told reporters at a press conference during the Anti-Bullying Act 2026 Literacy Programme at the Malaysian Teacher Education Institute's Malay Language Campus today.

The Registrar of Societies today cancelled Perikatan Nasional's registration after finding that the coalition's explanation failed to address the grounds for cancellation outlined in an earlier notice.