Former Damansara MP Tony Pua said lawmakers who no longer want to be in their party should also vacate their seat if they quit, as they were elected on the party’s platform. - Facebook pic, May 18, 2026
‘Just leave and vacate seat’: Tony Pua says to MPs waiting to quit but holding on till GE
Don’t be “ball-less, self-serving chickens who can't bear to lose the remaining months of their MP allowance”, says DAP’s former Damansara MP
Keran Raj
Updated 2 hours ago
18 May, 2026
1:52 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR – Former Damansara MP Tony Pua has criticised lawmakers who plan to leave their parties but refuse to vacate the parliamentary seats they won on the party’s platform.
Without naming names, Pua said politicians who had already decided to part ways with their parties should leave immediately instead of remaining in office while preparing for the next general election.
“People who have already decided to leave their parties, should just leave,” the DAP’s disciplinary committee chief said on Facebook today.
He was commenting on the announcement by former PKR leaders, Pandan MP Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad yesterday, to resign from PKR and vacate their seats. They will also lead their own party by taking over Parti Bersama Malaysia (PBM).
“They are right to quit the party and vacate the seats which were won on the party platform,” Pua said, adding that he however disagreed with their decision to do so.
Pua then took aim at other elected representatives who have expressed intentions to stand against their own parties in the next general election without resigning their current positions.
“Others who actually have the gall to express their intent to stand against their own party in the next GE, but do not want to quit or vacate their seats are just ball-less, self-serving chickens who can’t bear to lose the remaining months of their MP allowance,” he said.
Pua added that such politicians should be rejected by voters regardless of which party they eventually represent.
“They should be dumped regardless of which party they ultimately stand for in the coming elections. In fact, their voters should immediately petition for him to resign from their seats,” he added.
Following Rafizi and Nik Nazmi’s exits, Subang MP Wong Chen hinted at a future move to PBM, signalling a possible exit from PKR.
“If I decide to stand in the next general election, it will be as a Bersama candidate,” Wong told Scoop yesterday.
PKR has confirmed and accepted Rafizi’s and Nik Nazmi’s resignations which are effective today.
The party also said it would review the membership status of several other MPs who were present at the political briefing attended by Rafizi and Nik Nazmi. – May 18, 2026
‘Just leave and vacate seat’: Tony Pua says to MPs waiting to quit but holding on till GE
Don’t be “ball-less, self-serving chickens who can't bear to lose the remaining months of their MP allowance”, says DAP’s former Damansara MP
Keran Raj
Updated 2 hours ago
18 May, 2026
1:52 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR – Former Damansara MP Tony Pua has criticised lawmakers who plan to leave their parties but refuse to vacate the parliamentary seats they won on the party’s platform.
Without naming names, Pua said politicians who had already decided to part ways with their parties should leave immediately instead of remaining in office while preparing for the next general election.
“People who have already decided to leave their parties, should just leave,” the DAP’s disciplinary committee chief said on Facebook today.
He was commenting on the announcement by former PKR leaders, Pandan MP Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad yesterday, to resign from PKR and vacate their seats. They will also lead their own party by taking over Parti Bersama Malaysia (PBM).
“They are right to quit the party and vacate the seats which were won on the party platform,” Pua said, adding that he however disagreed with their decision to do so.
Pua then took aim at other elected representatives who have expressed intentions to stand against their own parties in the next general election without resigning their current positions.
“Others who actually have the gall to express their intent to stand against their own party in the next GE, but do not want to quit or vacate their seats are just ball-less, self-serving chickens who can’t bear to lose the remaining months of their MP allowance,” he said.
Pua added that such politicians should be rejected by voters regardless of which party they eventually represent.
“They should be dumped regardless of which party they ultimately stand for in the coming elections. In fact, their voters should immediately petition for him to resign from their seats,” he added.
Following Rafizi and Nik Nazmi’s exits, Subang MP Wong Chen hinted at a future move to PBM, signalling a possible exit from PKR.
“If I decide to stand in the next general election, it will be as a Bersama candidate,” Wong told Scoop yesterday.
PKR has confirmed and accepted Rafizi’s and Nik Nazmi’s resignations which are effective today.
The party also said it would review the membership status of several other MPs who were present at the political briefing attended by Rafizi and Nik Nazmi. – May 18, 2026
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