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Yesterday the nation saw MPs returning to Parliament for a special sitting to table and debate the Constitution (Amendments) (No 3) Bill 2022. It was to add an enabling clause under Article 10 of the constitution to stop MPs from switching parties.

De facto Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar tabled the much awaited constitutional amendment bill to introduce a clause to stop MPs from switching parties during a special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat.

Amendment of Article 48 (6) of the Federal Constitution will probably be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat in tandem with the anti-hoping law, says Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar

Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng arrives at US Federal Court in New York on Feb 8, 2022 for his 1MDB trial. - AFP Pic

Abdul Halim said that such a delay will give way to speculations that the current government fears component parties within will withdraw their support or end their tenure should the AHL be tabled.

High Court ordered former deputy chairman of Patimas Computers Bhd Datuk Raymond Yap Wee Hin to pay a sum of RM3.28 million, being an amount equal to three times the losses avoided by him as a result of the insider trading. - Photo source: 123rf

The special parliamentary sitting slated for April 11 will be held as usual but without the anti-hopping laws, the government announced.    

Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

Umno President Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in a Facebook post last night asked if there was a hidden enemy causing delay in tabling the laws.