Group calls on Wan Junaidi to not gag anti-hopping committee

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been criticised for gagging the special select committee on restricting MPs from switching parties.

In a statement today, pressure group Seed Community for a Professional Parliament said Wan Junaidi had wrongly applied a "narrow reading" of Standing Order 85 to prevent details from the meeting from reaching the public.

"Nevertheless, a clear and contextualised reading of the...