PETALING JAYA: Opposition MPs held a separate meeting in preparation for the particular Dewan Rakyat sitting to desk amendments to the Federal Constitution to pave the best way for the anti-hopping Bill to be tabled this July.
Transformation and Political Stability Steering Committee co-chairman Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed the meeting was held across the similar time a briefing was held for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on the matter.
“Yes, we had been invited by the Prime Minister to attend the briefing.
“We had knowledgeable the Prime Minister that Pakatan Harapan would really like to have its personal separate briefing, as per typical apply earlier than Parliament sits,” he mentioned when contacted on Sunday (April 10).
The Prime Minister then confirmed that the Opposition weren’t boycotting and they’d attend his buka puasa occasion.
The PKR secretary-general mentioned that DAP Gobind Singh Deo gave the briefing.
Present on the meeting had been Opposition chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke and Parti Amanah Negara president Mohamad Sabu.
Also invited by Pakatan to attend had been Parti Pejuang Tanah Air president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir and Parti Ikatan Demokratik Malaysia (Muda) president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
Earlier, Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun briefed Ismail Sabri together with MPs and Senators on the proposed amendments to Article 10 of the Federal Constitution in Putrajaya at about 4.30pm on Sunday.
However, Pakatan held a separate briefing at a resort in Putrajaya at about the identical time, giving rise to hypothesis that it was a snub by the Opposition.
A Pakatan MP, who didn’t want to be named, denied it was a snub.
He mentioned the meeting was extra in the direction of the Opposition holding its personal meeting to strategise for Monday’s particular Dewan Rakyat sitting.
Amendments to Article 10 of the Federal Constitution shall be tabled in Dewan Rakyat on Monday (April 11), and Dewan Negara on Tuesday (April 12).
