KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The recent fuss over three Opposition MPs openly supporting the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim shows the anti-party hopping law has...
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“In this instance, the two Opposition MPs who had recently given their support to PMX... this does not fall within the ambit of Article 49A. As such, they are still MPs.”It is obvious then that there is a lacuna in this anti-party hopping provision. Article 49A states that subject to the provisions of this Article, a member of the House of Representatives shall cease to be a member of that House and his seat shall become vacant immediately on a date a casual vacancy is established by the Speaker if he was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of a political party and he ceases to be a member of the party.
“If the MP is dismissed, he does not lose his seat. Instead, the party loses an MP,” Nik Ahmad explained. Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research senior fellow Azmi Hassan said what transpired was not really the result of a loophole because when they established the anti-party hopping law, the lawmakers knew that this can and could happen. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng
Subang MP Wong Chen from PKR said whether or not a ‘hopping’ event has taken place and therefore needs to have a new by-election will largely depend on the party’s constitution of the MP involved. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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