Sarawak amends constitution to curb party hopping

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KUCHING: The Sarawak Legislative Assembly has passed anti-hopping amendments to the state constitution to be in line with similar provisions in the Federal Constitution passed in July.

The amendments involved prohibiting any change of political parties by an elected representative, as well as circumstances whereby membership in the state legislature is not affected.

"A simple example would be if 'A', a member of party 'B', wins an election and is appointed to the legislative assembly, but decides to resign and join party 'C' or becomes an independent member. He would then cease to be a member of the assembly," she said when tabling the amendment Bill on Tuesday .

However, she said elected representatives would not lose their seats if their political party was dissolved or deregistered, or if they were expelled from the party. "This amendment is intended to ensure that the state constitution contains a similar provision and is not inconsistent with an essential provision of the Federal Constitution," Hasidah said, adding that it inserted a new Article 16B and deleted the existing clauses and of Article 17.

 

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