![]() The highly anticipated Bill will introduce Article 49A into the Federal Constitution if passed. The others involve MPs whose parties had been dissolved or deregistered, and if an MP is elected as Speaker, the Santubong MP added. He said MPs who have been expelled from their party are not required to vacate their seat under the proposed Anti-Hopping Bill, which is expected to be debated in Parliament next week.Īn MP who is expelled from a party, whether or not he joins another political party or forms a new political party, will not cease to be an MP, he added, when disclosing one of three conditions that would not result in a vacancy in Parliament under the proposed law. On Wednesday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Dato Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar shared his views on some of the technicalities of the proposed Bill. “But that part is also a good reminder to all political parties that, if they want to be relevant or to remain in Malaysian politics, they must comply with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) requirements,” he said. To him, that part of the Bill is fair because people have chosen their representatives not only based on party preference but more so, on the candidates’ personality. PBDSB thus far has no issue over the part of the Bill where elected representatives are exempted from the anti-hopping law when their party is deregistered, Bobby told The Borneo Post. ![]() “That was subtle party hopping” Bobby pointed out. Its president Bobby William said his party supports the anti-hopping law but finds the exemption part very confusing because it will open the door for elected representatives to challenge their respective party president to purposely allow action to be taken against them, therefore making it possible for them to be sacked.īobby said he was being reminded of the days when some of the defunct Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak’s (PBDS) elected representatives purposely challenged the party president so that they could get sacked and form a new party. KUCHING (July 21): One of the exemptions to the proposed Anti-Hopping Bill will open the door to people’s elected representatives to get sacked from their party intentionally so that they can then proceed to jump to another party outrightly, opines Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB). ![]()
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