Parties should limit voting rights on confidence-supply matters only, says Bersih
Bersih chairman Thomas Fann says parties can reign in their MPs to strictly toe the line on confidence and supply matters only. – December 18, 2022.
PARTIES should not have a blanket hold over their parliamentarians to force them to vote in accordance with their party’s directions on all bills in Dewan Rakyat, electoral watchdog Bersih said today. Chairman Thomas Fann said giving such a power to parties would only remove all autonomy of parliamentarians in voting, following an agreement signed by coalitions in the unity government which stipulated that all parties must ensure their lawmakers support Anwar Ibrahim and his administration in any confidence motion or bill in the Dewan Rakyat.
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