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KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) calls on all Malaysians and lawmakers to support a proposed law to stop party hopping. PBS secretary-general Datuk Joniston Bangkuai ( pic ) said as a party that had fallen victim to party-hopping leaders in the 1990s, the law was relevant now more than ever due to the current political situation. He said the role of elected assemblymen and MPs were important in a parliamentary democracy like Malaysia because they are the representatives of the people. “It is the people that elect these leaders to represent them in the legislative assemblies and parliament, and therefore if the representatives are elected on a party platform, it is only fair to remain loyal to the party that they were voted in for,” he said. Urging the public to participate in the anti-party hopping law survey currently being conducted by the Legal Affairs Division in the Prime Minister's Department (PMD), which ends on Dec 7, Bangkuai said public input and views ... » Learn More about PBS calls on all M’sians to back anti-party hopping law, take part in survey, says sec-gen

KUALA LUMPUR: The average price of a flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching, Sarawak between Dec 11 and 31, 2021, is RM360, based on monitoring by the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom), the Dewan Rakyat was told on Wednesday (Dec 1). Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said this was lower than the average price recorded in December 2019. "The monitoring done by Mavcom for Dec 11 to Dec 31 for flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching found that it averaged at RM360, which we just observed as at 2pm today based on the ticket sales. "This excludes those who bought (tickets) 'last minute', we don't know (the data on that) yet. And if the frequency (of flights) can be increased as desired, then we can flatten the curve of the price increase to help those who wish to go to Sarawak or come back to the peninsula," he said when winding up the debate on the Supply Bill 2022 (Budget 2022) at the committee-level for the ministry. Wee said issues such as flight frequency ... » Learn More about Dr Wee: Average price of flight ticket to S’wak is RM360, can be reduced with more flight frequency

KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of Undi18 and automatic voter registration has been gazetted and will take effect on Dec 15. The matter was stated in the Federal Government Gazette dated Dec 1, published by the Attorney-General's Chambers. "In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection 1(2) of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2019 [Act A1603], the Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints Dec 15, 2021, as the date on which section 3 of the Act comes into operation,” read the gazette. Section 3 of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2019 states the amendment to set the minimum voting to 18 from the current 21, and allows for automatic voter registration. The proposed amendments were approved at the second meeting of the second session of the 14th Parliament in July 2019, but were not implemented at the time. On Sept 7, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law), Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar ordered the Election Commission (EC) to implement Undi18 by Dec ... » Learn More about Undi18, automatic voter registration to take effect Dec 15

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A Member of Parliament has called on all MPs to support the anti-party hopping bill proposed by Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang), when it is tabled in the Dewan Rakyat. When debating on the 2022 Supply Bill at Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (Nov 9), Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) said the proposal should be accepted to ensure political and government stability for the well-being of the people and the nation’s prosperity. He said this after Khalid Abd Samad (PH-Shah Alam) intervened into his speech by raising party hopping moves among politicians which resulted in political instability in the country. "I also do not like people hopping and when people were hopping in Sabah, I was the last man standing who did not jump. It is because people were hopping, so Shah Alam (Khalid) who was in the government then was dropped. "As such we want the general election to be held to stop the hopping and the member for Pengerang is formulating an ... » Learn More about Bung Mokhtar urges all MPs to support anti-party hopping law