MP SPEAKS | Disagreement on anti-hopping bill nothing unusual

MP SPEAKS | As a member of the bipartisan joint committee for the anti-party-hopping law, I was dumbstruck and furious to learn that the government had decided to adjourn the tabling of the bill in Parliament. I had thought that the bill would be tabled in Dewan Rakyat this coming Monday, after which the committee would cease to function. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, too, had expressed his dismay and disappointment. Truth be told, I have no reason to disbelieve him. What had transpired in the media seems to suggest that the postpon…

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