PSC on party-hopping amendments should be led by an ‘expert’, says ex-Dewan Rakyat speaker


PETALING JAYA: The parliamentary special select committee on the amendments to the Constitution pertaining to anti-party hopping laws should be headed by the most qualified member across political lines, says a former Dewan Rakyat speaker.

Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said that having Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar as the committee chairman should not happen to ensure independence.

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