Minister explains 3 main criteria of party-hopping in new bill to Senate

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today clarified to the Senate the three main criteria, as contained in the administrative draft of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, that define party hopping by a member of Parliament.

He said the first criteria is when an MP announces that he or she is leaving the political party he or she contested for in an election to be an independent member or join another political party.

“The second is when...