SNAP CRISIS The Home Ministry will not interfere with decision of the Registrar of Societies on the issue of the crisis-ridden Sarawak National Party (SNAP), Deputy Minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin said today. "The decision is purely an administrative matter and the ministry has given ROS Datuk Ismail Dolah Harun the full mandate to do what he deems fit and proper," he told reporters before closing a three-day anti-dadah course for Pemadam leaders from Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan here. "Therefore, the duty to deregister SNAP or otherwise is the responsibility of the ROS," he said when asked to comment on a show cause letter given to SNAP for allegedly contravening its own constitution. Copies of the letter, dated Sept 13, were sent to leaders of the two feuding factions - Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min, Datuk Justine Jinggut, Datuk William Mawan and Datuk Peter Tinggom Kamarau. Wong is president of one faction and Jinggut the secretary-general while Mawan, the president of the other faction and Tinggom, the deputy president. Zainal said it was within ROS' responsibility to send show cause letters to any society which contravened its own constitution or did anything which were against the objectives of such societies. "SNAP falls under the category of societies which contravene their own constitutions," he said, adding he was informed of actions being pursued by the ROS for the benefits of the party. Zainal said the ROS had studied what was happening to the party before it took certain steps or proposed something to SNAP. Asked whether SNAP would likely to be deregistered, he said:"As the Deputy Home Minister, I don't wish to get involved in any decision since there are already administrative procedures available for the ROS to follow. "We don't need to interfere or to advise the ROS to make decision," he said. Asked on Wong's confidence expressed recently that SNAP would not be deregistered based on his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Zainal said:"I don't know what the Home Minister had told Wong or whether the Minister had made a decision. "But based on an established practice, the minister or the deputy minister does not make decision because we have officers who have been given the mandate to make the decisons." He said any decision to deregister SNAP would not based on political, but legal decisions. "If it is based on politics, then it is likely that we do not want to register opposition parties. What is happening is that all decisions are based on a society's constitution, its objectives are not contrary to the laws of the land and why such society is formed," he added. Asked for his advice to the feuding SNAP factions, he said he did not encourage them to be separated. "But if they want be together for the benefit of the party and country, they should have the spirit of give-and-take. You cannot be the boss all the time and you cannot be the followers all the time."