KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Cheaper House of parliament passed the anti-party hopping Bill on Thursday (Jul 28), paving the way for the country’s Federal Cosmetic to be amended to incorporate clauses against politics defection.
The vote around the Bill saw 209 MPs voting within favour, with eleven absent, exceeding the necessary two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional variation.
There is certainly currently a total of 220 MPs in the lower house and no member present identified against the Bill.
In a press meeting after the vote, de facto law ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar stated that the next step would be to take the Bill to the Top House on August 9 for acceptance.
He or she said that according to the timeline he expected the anti-hopping law to consider effect from 1st week of September.
Earlier, when wrapping up the debate, Dr Wan Junaidi said the constitutional amendment showed that will both government and opposition representatives could come together at a table for discussions, and carry out important objectives for Malaysians.
“This Costs is not a hundred per cent solution to most our problems, but a first step, ” he said.
During the tabling from the Bill for its 2nd reading on Wed, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, stated his government required party hopping seriously as it had provided rise to arguments and polemics among the general public.
The proposed constitutional changes, he said, would ensure political stability and prevent an endless politics crisis in Malaysia.