KUALA LUMPUR – Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders will hold an immediate meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to discuss the anti-party hopping bill and three matters related to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between PH and the federal government.
The PH presidential council, in a statement today said the coalition hoped that the bill would be tabled, debated and approved in the first week of the next Dewan Rakyat sitting, which starts on July 18.
“By passing this bill, 83%, or 15 out of the 18 items in the MoU signed between PH and the federal government will be implemented,” it said.
According to the statement, the three matters in the MoU that still need to be implemented are setting a tenure limit for the prime minister of two terms, or ten years; tabling the Parliamentary Services Bill; and amending the Dewan Rakyat’s Standing Orders.
The PH presidential council also expressed its disappointment over the government’s failure to convene a special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat to table the anti-party hopping bill.
The statement was jointly issued by opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke and United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) president Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar was reported as saying recently that there was no need for the government to convene a special sitting of Parliament to table and debate the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2022 regarding MPs switching parties.
He said the bill would be tabled and debated at the Second Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 14th Parliament starting July 18, before being presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. – Bernama, June 13, 2022
