"We will not be able to do it during the next assembly sitting in August as we need to send out a notice to the assemblymen.
"So this will probably be done during the tabling of the state budget at the end of October or early November," he said.On Thursday , 209 MPs present in the Dewan Rakyat voted in favour of constitutional amendments to create anti-hopping provisions within the Federal Constitution.Aminuddin welcomed the decision, adding that the electorate was fed up with representatives who changed allegiances."This is not the right thing to do," he said.
Aminuddin, who is also state PKR chief, said his party had required those contesting on its ticket in the last general election to sign an"Aku Janji" declaration that they would not jump ship if they won but that did not deter some of them from doing so."Under the pledge, those who jumped ship would be liable to a RM10mil fine but we still had wakil rakyat from our party who left.
"So, once we have such a provision in the law, it will surely be more effective to prevent MPs or assemblymen from party hopping," he added.
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