Wan Junaidi: Cabinet has no objections to draft anti-party hopping bill, two issues raised for fine-tuning

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet has no objection to the proposed draft of the anti-party hopping law from the Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC), says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Jaafar.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) said the Cabinet was informed on Wednesday (June 1) on the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution related to anti-party hopping.

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“Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun had given an explanation to the Cabinet regarding the constitutional amendment and the Cabinet had no objections to the draft proposed by the PSSC,” he said in a statement Thursday (June 2)

However, Wan Junaidi, who is also PSSC chairman, said the Cabinet had raised two issues that needed to be refined by the PSSC.

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He further explained that according to the Dewan Rakyat Standing Order 85, full details of the information on the ongoing meetings in the special committee cannot be disclosed to the public yet as the matter is still under discussion at the PSSC level.

“Overall, the Bill has been taken into account by the Cabinet and the questions they raised will be brought to the PSSC on June 7 to be scrutinised before the proposed Bill is finalised,” noted Wan Junaidi.

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The contents of the Bill include that any MPs expelled by their parties would not be affected by the proposed anti-party hopping law.

Wan Junaidi had previously explained that the proposed anti-party hopping law provisions would only apply to MPs who quit the party they had contested under to join another party or become an independent.

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The proposed anti-party hopping Bill is expected to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat next month.