Wan Junaidi: MPs who support opposing party get to keep seats


PETALING JAYA: MPs who side with their political rivals may be seen as morally wrong, but they will not lose their seats under the new Anti-Hopping Act (AHL). The law’s chief architect, Tan Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said such MPs will not lose their seats unless their own party rules that members and office holders cannot support an opposing party.

“As long as the (Federal) Constitution is not amended or political parties do not amend their party constitution to make MPs automatically lose their memberships if they support for the opposing party in Dewan Rakyat, it would not affect anything at all,” he told The Star.

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