All PH reps to back anti-hopping bill

 

(From left) Mohamad Sabu, Anwar Ibrahim, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Loke Siew Fook and Wilfred Madius Tangau during their meeting today. (Anwar Ibrahim Twitter pic)

PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan has assured Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob that all its MPs will back the anti-hopping bill.

The PH presidential council said this was conveyed to the prime minister in a meeting today.

“The prime minister also gave his commitment that there will be no changes to the special Dewan Rakyat sitting scheduled for April 11,” they said in a joint statement.

The PH leaders also said opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had raised the issue of the alleged ownership of the MySejahtera application by a foreign company and that clarification on the matter was needed in Parliament.

The joint statement was signed by Anwar, who is also the PKR president, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu, DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook and Upko president Wilfred Madius Tangau.

It was previously reported that the anti-hopping bill would be tabled in a special Dewan Rakyat sitting in the month of Ramadan.

Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between PH and Putrajaya last year, the anti-hopping bill was supposed to be tabled in the first Dewan Rakyat meeting of this year, which ended last month. - FMT