PH wants proposed constitutional amendment, party-hopping bill approved by end of May 2022

KUALA LUMPUR: The Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council wants the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution and the Anti-Party Hopping Bill, agreed upon by them and the government, to be tabled and approved in a Special Meeting of Parliament before the end of May this year.

PH presidential council said the matter was among the results of discussions between the main leaders of PH with Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law), Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, in Parliament this morning.

The discussions involved the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution and the Anti-Party Hopping Bill, the council said in a statement today.

The statement was jointly issued by PKR president, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim; Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) president Mohd Sabu; DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke; and United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) president Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau.

The PH presidential council said that the amendment to Article 10 of the Federal Constitution, on the definitions of the restrictions for elected representatives to switch parties, also needs to be refined so that it will be limited to the Anti-Party Hopping Bill.