KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says that the government is prepared to strengthen the anti-party hopping law to ensure it serves the purpose for which it was enacted.
"I will support efforts to strengthen it. I see no issue with that.
"However, we must remember that the initial resistance came from the other side," he told Datuk Rosol Wahid (PN-Hulu Terengganu) during Question Time.
Rosol had asked the Prime Minister if the government has any intention to improve the anti-party hopping law to fulfil the spirit of the law as intended.
Anwar also said he had some objections to the initial proposal during the negotiation period but after much negotiation, Pakatan accepted it.
"We voiced our objections too. Eventually, during our final negotiations, I met with Bera (Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob) and we agreed that this was the best that we could achieve at that time.
"So we accepted it – but please do not ignore the fact the original resistance came from the other side," said Anwar.
The Opposition had previously raised questions about the status of six MPs who had been expelled from Bersatu and whether they should be considered as part of the government or the Opposition.
The six are Datuk Syed Abu Hussin Syed Abdul Fasal (Bukit Gantang), Zahari Kechik (Jeli), Mohd Azizi Abu Naim (Gua Musang), Datuk Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid (Kuala Kangsar), Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman (Labuan) and Datuk Dr Zulkafperi Hanafi (Tanjong Karang).
