PUTRAJAYA – The cabinet has agreed in principle to the formulation of a bill on political contributions, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
He said he would put forward the views of the cabinet on the proposed legal framework for the bill to the Political Transformation and Political Understanding Memorandum Technical Committee for fine-tuning before being tabled in Parliament.
“Therefore, we will try to table the bill at the third meeting of the fifth term of the 14th Parliament in the Dewan Rakyat,” he said in a statement, here, today.
Wan Junaidi said he had tabled the policy scope for the proposed bill – whereby an independent body would monitor political contributions – at the cabinet meeting last Wednesday.
He added that the drawing up of the bill would take into consideration the views of various parties, including political organisations, through engagement sessions. – Bernama, September 11, 2022
