KUANTAN – The anti-party hopping bill is expected to be tabled at the Pahang assembly next month and state assemblymen are expected to give their support with a majority of two-thirds.
Speaker Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said it was based on the agreement of all Pahang assemblymen after a briefing on the Constitution (Amendment) No.3 Act 2022 (Act A1663) (Anti-Party Hopping) from the Legal Adviser’s Office.
“All (representatives) are satisfied and don’t want the mandate given by the people to be disobeyed, and (don’t want anyone) to simply be jumping ship just 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 here today.
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.
Sharkar said matters that still need to be refined involve the positions of the five assemblymen who were appointed without going through the election process.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail previously said that the state government is ready to table an anti-party hopping bill at the state assembly if it gets the support of the opposition.
Pahang is among the states that have not adopted the anti-party hopping law for assemblymen since it came into force at the federal level on October 5, 2022, after being passed by the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara and receiving the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. – Bernama, April 12, 2023
