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Dewan Negara unanimously passes historic anti-party hopping bill

KUALA LUMPUR – The historic anti-party hopping law inches closer to being implemented after the Dewan Negara unanimously passed the amendment bill today.

A total of 52 senators voted for the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2022 in both the second and third readings, while seven were absent from the House during voting, according to Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Rais Yatim.

The constitutional amendment to outlaw party-hopping required a two-third majority to be passed.

Today’s successful vote comes less than two weeks after the Dewan Rakyat similarly passed the bill with all 209 MPs present backing the law, while 11 others – including top leaders of political parties – were not present.

The bill now only needs to be assented to by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong before being gazetted as federal law.

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