KUANTAN: The anti-party hopping bill is expected to be tabled in the Pahang state legislative assembly next month.
Speaker Sharkar Shamsudin said all assemblymen had agreed to back the bill after a briefing on the Constitution (Amendment) No 3 Act 2022 (Act A1663) (Anti-Party Hopping) from the legal adviser’s office.
“All (assemblymen) are satisfied and want to respect the mandate given by the people. They (don’t want anyone) to jump ship for personal gain.
“There are only a few things that need to be fine-tuned according to the situation in the Pahang assembly,” he told a press conference after attending the briefing.
Since the Pahang assembly is scheduled to convene on May 8, Sharkar said the notice regarding the bill must be received by the state assembly office by April 22.
On the matters that still need to be refined, he said it involved the positions of the five assemblymen who were appointed without going through the election process.
Menteri besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail previously said the state administration was ready to table an anti-party hopping bill to the state assembly if it could be assured of support from the opposition.
Pahang is among the states that had not adopted the anti-party hopping law since it came into force at the federal level on Oct 5, 2022. - FMT
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