A Bersatu leader has condemned the Penang state legislative assembly's move to declare four Perikatan Nasional-held seats vacant, accusing DAP and Umno of being partners in attempts to silence any form of check and balance ahead of upcoming state polls.
Bersatu supreme council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan also said the move, which left the opposition bench with a single representative, is not in line with the spirit of the federal anti-hopping law on an en bloc departure or in circumstances where the elected lawmakers were sacked by their party.
"This, for me, is a black mark in Penang's history whereby the DAP and Umno have removed all possibilities of check and balance so that they are free to do anything including facing the state polls," the Tasek Gelugor MP told reporters in Parliament today.
"I hope the people will see how the Penang government is tyrannical and greedy in retaining power.
"I'm confident the people's court will decide that they must be rejected in the state polls," said Wan Saiful.
The Penang state assembly this morning approved a motion to declare four Perikatan Nasional-held seats vacant.
The representatives of the four seats - Afif Bahardin (Seberang Jaya), Zulkifli Ibrahim (Sungai Aceh), Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq (Bertam), and Zolkifly Md Lazim (Teluk Bahang) - contested under Pakatan Harapan in the 2018 general election.
Two of them, Afif and Zulkifli, were from PKR but later joined Bersatu. Khaliq and Zolkifly are from Bersatu but the party exited Harapan in 2020.
Earlier today, Bersatu information chief senator Razali Idris said that the motion for the four PN representatives to vacate their seats should not apply to Bersatu assemblypersons as they did not jump parties. - Mkini
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