Penang state assembly removes 4 Bersatu reps for party hopping FMTNews
Zolkifly Lazim, Dr Afif Bahardin, Zulkifli Ibrahim, and Khaliq Mehtab Ishaq posing for the media after they were removed from the Penang state assembly.
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang state legislative assembly has approved a motion to vacate the seats of four Bersatu assemblymen for party hopping.Seberang Jaya assemblyman Dr Afif Bahardin, Zulkifli Ibrahim , Khaliq Mehtab Ishaq and Zolkifly Lazim won their seats in the 14th general election on a Pakatan Harapan ticket.
They were all deemed to have “lost” their seats after Bersatu left PH – following the Sheraton Move in February 2020 – based on the anti-hopping provision contained in Article 14A of the state constitution. Article 14A states that an assemblyman shall vacate his seat if having been elected as a candidate of a political party, he resigns or is expelled from a party or having been elected otherwise than as a candidate of a political party, he joins a political party.
Penang state legislative assembly Speaker Law Choo Kiang had earlier brought forward the motion to be the first item on the agenda on the first day of the state assembly sitting.
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