THE Cabinet has agreed in principle to formulate a bill on political contributions, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. 

He said he would present the Cabinet’s views on the proposed legal framework for the bill to the Political Transformation and Political Understanding Memorandum Technical Committee for fine-tuning before the parliamentary sitting. 

“Therefore, we will try to table the bill at the third meeting of the fifth term of the 14th parliament in the Dewan Rakyat,” he said in a statement today. 

Wan Junaidi said he had tabled the policy scope for the bill at the Cabinet meeting on September 7 and the decision was made to formulate a bill on political contributions that would be monitored by an independent body. 

He added that the drawing up of the bill would take into consideration the views of various parties including political organisations through engagement sessions. – Bernama, September 11, 2022.