MELAKA: Rembia assemblyman Datuk Muhammad Jailani Khamis (pic), who was previously part of the government bloc, has been moved to the Opposition bloc in the Melaka legislative assembly.
Speaker Datuk Ibrahim Durum said the decision was made after reviewing several matters concerning Muhammad Jailani’s membership in PAS.
Ibrahim said he had sent a letter to PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan to seek confirmation on the matter but had not received any response.
“The assemblyman’s admission is vague, merely claiming he is a PAS member. That is the only evidence I have,” he said during the state assembly sitting yesterday.
On July 16, Takiyuddin announced that Muhammad Jailani is now a PAS member.
He said the Rembia assemblyman became a member of the party in June 2023, before Melaka enacted the anti-law hopping law in July the same year.
“With this latest development, the number of assemblymen supporting the government now stands at 25, while the Opposition has three,” Ibrahim said.
Muhammad Jailani, when representing Barisan Nasional, won the Rembia seat with a majority of 860 votes in a five-corner contest during the state election in 2021.
In July last year, Umno suspended his membership for six years for allegedly sabotaging the party by attending the announcement of the Perikatan Nasional candidate for the Simpang Jeram by-election in Bakri, Johor.
