Group calls on Wan Junaidi to not gag anti-hopping committee

Published: May 1, 2022 3:24 AM

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been criticised for gagging the special select committee on restricting MPs from switching parties.

In a statement today, pressure group Seed Community for a Professional Parliament said Wan Junaidi had wrongly applied a "narrow reading" of Standing Order 85 to prevent details from the meeting from reaching the public.

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