Legal expert says MPs can retract support for PM without leaving parties

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Deputy Prime Minister,Ahmad Zahid Hamidi,Legal Expert

Deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is wrong to say that any decision to retract support for the prime minister must be made en bloc, according to a legal expert. Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmood, head of the Council of Professors’ law cluster, said MPs would not trigger the anti-hopping law if they were to retract support for the prime minister without leaving their parties.

Deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is wrong to say that any decision to retract support for the prime minister must be made en bloc, according to a legal expert. Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmood, head of the Council of Professors’ law cluster, said MPs would not trigger the anti-hopping law if they were to retract support for the prime minister without leaving their parties.

This would be similar to the action of five Bersatu MPs who declared support for Anwar Ibrahim without exiting the party, allowing them to keep their seats. “There are only two situations where the seats will not be vacated. First, if the MP is dismissed from his party, and secondly, if the hopping involves the whole party joining another bloc,” Nik Kamal told FM

 

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