<h1>Volunteer organisation claims legal recognition and tax exemption amid calls to ban it and challenges over registration funding</h1> An influential volunteer organisation stated it is legally recognised as a 'body of individuals,' asserting courts and the tax authority have treated it as such and granted income-tax exemption; it argued registration was not compulsory historically and noted prior governmental bans as evidence of recognition. Political opponents have called for a ban and questioned the organisation's registration status and funding sources, and a government ministerial figure sought restrictions on its activities in public institutions. The organisation also asserted respect for the national flag while describing its own emblematic color as central to its identity.