KOTA KINABALU: Four Gabungan Rakyat Sabah MPs will not be affected by an attempt by Bersatu to force a vacancy for the seats under the anti-hopping law.
Papar MP Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said all four of them had received an email from the Dewan Rakyat Speaker addressed to Bersatu vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee that was copied to them.
“I cannot release the content of the email but all I can say is that there is no need for us to vacate our seats,” he said when contacted yesterday.
The other three MPs are Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (Batu Sapi), Datuk Matbali Musah (Sipitang), and Datuk Jonathan Yassin (Ranau).
Kiandee could not be reached for comment on the matter.
On Dec 29, Kiandee said Bersatu had sent a notice to the Dewan Rakyat about the vacancies in the four parliamentary seats occupied by its former leaders.
