Party-hopping: PM will tell state govts to amend their constitutions

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob will be telling all state governments to amend their respective state constitutions in line with the Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No 3) on the provisions that prohibit MPs from switching parties.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said this when winding up the debate on the bill at the Dewan Negara yesterday.

"I have discussed with the prime minister that...