THE Dewan Rakyat is expected to see the winding up of the debate and a vote on the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 2022 on Provisions Preventing Members of Parliament from Switching Parties today.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar is expected to wind up the debate on the bill at 2.30pm.

The bill needs a two-thirds majority support to be approved in the Dewan Rakyat.

According to the order paper on the parliament’s official website, the debate will continue for a second day after the question-and-answer session.

Forty-one MPs took part in the debate yesterday.

At the minister’s Question Time session, Hasan Bahrom (Tampin-PH) will pose a question on the Orang Asli Development Plan to the rural development minister.

At the question-and-answer session, Azizah Mohd Dun (Beaufort-Bersatu) will ask the home minister for statistics according to states on unlicensed money lending cases such as those involving ah long, scammers and online gambling.

Also listed is a question by Hassan Abdul Karim (Pasir Gudang-PH) to the domestic trade and consumer affairs minister on the steps taken by the ministry to ensure supplies of chicken and chicken eggs remain uninterrupted and affordable to the people.

Apart from that, the issue of Covid-19 vaccine will be raised by Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz (Bachok-PAS), who will ask the health minister to state the number of children who have yet to be vaccinated and the government’s initiatives to ensure all children will get vaccinated.

The current Dewan Rakyat meeting will last for 12 days until August 4. – Bernama, July 28, 2022.