No hopping, political financing next!


THE Constitutional (Amendment) (No 3) Bill 2022 – “the anti-hopping Bill” – is journeying through the Dewan Rakyat as I write.

With approval by the Dewan Negara and assent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, who is in charge of Parliament and law, says it will be implemented by the end of September – though sceptics voice concerns about a sudden U-turn.

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