Guan Eng concerned with Penang's refusal to amend its anti-hopping law

Published: Sep 1, 2022 11:47 AM

Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has expressed concern over the state government’s decision not to call for a special state legislative assembly sitting to amend Article 14A of the state constitution concerning party-hopping.

This came after his successor, Chow Kon Yeow, said Lim’s call for the state constitution to be amended in line with the amended Article 10(1)(c) of the Federal Constitution, was somehow untenable.

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