Call emergency meeting on anti-hopping bill deferment, DAP man tells PH
Ronnie Liu says the memorandum of understanding must be torn to protect the image of Pakatan Harapan, or the coalition risks losing its credibility.
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) should convene an emergency meeting to decide its next move after the tabling of the anti-hopping bill was deferred again, a Selangor DAP leader said today.
Ronnie Liu made the call in the wake of a report quoting law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar as saying that the tabling had to be deferred because the Cabinet had not agreed to it.
The anti-hopping bill was scheduled to be tabled in a special Dewan Rakyat sitting on April 11.
“(It is) time for PH to hold an emergency meeting to decide on the next step,” he told FMT.
The Sungai Pelek assemblyman is of the opinion that the deferment of the bill is a “delay tactic” on the part of the Barisan Nasional-Perikatan Nasional government.
He stressed that if the bill is not passed, then it may further dampen the voters’ desire and interest to vote in the next general election (GE15), adding that the act of party hopping makes a mockery of democracy.
Liu, who is a DAP central executive committee member, also called for the opposition coalition to scrap the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political stability and reforms that it signed with the government.
“I reluctantly agreed with the MoU largely because of the possibility of passing the anti-hopping law. I know for a fact that the MoU has caused huge damage to the credibility of PH.
“The MoU must be torn to protect the image of PH, or the coalition risks losing its credibility as a responsible opposition voice,” Liu added.
In January, Liu urged PH to scrap the MoU if the anti-hopping law was not enacted by March. He said that the law was one of the most important part of the agreement and remains the only reason to continue honouring the MoU between the two sides.
Earlier, The Star reported Wan Junaidi as saying the bill will be sent back for more study to be done on the definition of “party hopping”.
He added, however, that the special Dewan Rakyat sitting on Monday will go ahead with the tabling of a constitutional amendment to facilitate the anti-hopping bill later.
The constitutional amendment will require a two-thirds majority in the Lower House.
Wan Junaidi’s statement confirmed an earlier report by FMT which said that the Cabinet called for the bill to be revised, especially on the definition of party hopping, according to several well-placed sources.
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) should convene an emergency meeting to decide its next move after the tabling of the anti-hopping bill was deferred again, a Selangor DAP leader said today.
Ronnie Liu made the call in the wake of a report quoting law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar as saying that the tabling had to be deferred because the Cabinet had not agreed to it.
The anti-hopping bill was scheduled to be tabled in a special Dewan Rakyat sitting on April 11.
“(It is) time for PH to hold an emergency meeting to decide on the next step,” he told FMT.
The Sungai Pelek assemblyman is of the opinion that the deferment of the bill is a “delay tactic” on the part of the Barisan Nasional-Perikatan Nasional government.
He stressed that if the bill is not passed, then it may further dampen the voters’ desire and interest to vote in the next general election (GE15), adding that the act of party hopping makes a mockery of democracy.
Liu, who is a DAP central executive committee member, also called for the opposition coalition to scrap the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political stability and reforms that it signed with the government.
“I reluctantly agreed with the MoU largely because of the possibility of passing the anti-hopping law. I know for a fact that the MoU has caused huge damage to the credibility of PH.
“The MoU must be torn to protect the image of PH, or the coalition risks losing its credibility as a responsible opposition voice,” Liu added.
In January, Liu urged PH to scrap the MoU if the anti-hopping law was not enacted by March. He said that the law was one of the most important part of the agreement and remains the only reason to continue honouring the MoU between the two sides.
Earlier, The Star reported Wan Junaidi as saying the bill will be sent back for more study to be done on the definition of “party hopping”.
He added, however, that the special Dewan Rakyat sitting on Monday will go ahead with the tabling of a constitutional amendment to facilitate the anti-hopping bill later.
The constitutional amendment will require a two-thirds majority in the Lower House.
Wan Junaidi’s statement confirmed an earlier report by FMT which said that the Cabinet called for the bill to be revised, especially on the definition of party hopping, according to several well-placed sources.
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