THE Sarawak government will table a motion to amend the state constitution at the state legislative assembly at the end of this month in line with the anti-party hopping law that was recently amended in the Federal Constitution.

Premier Abang Johari Openg said the proposed amendment is to fine-tune provisions in the Sarawak constitution, particularly involving elected representatives who have won on as Independents or who have left their party and wish to join another party.

“The Sarawak state assembly will convene at the end of this month and we will amend the constitution. If there are too many ‘frogs’, it will be difficult for us,” he said at the Sarawakku Sayang programme in Engkilili, about 200km from Kuching.

Abang Johari said the state government will also table Budget 2023 during the assembly meeting from November 21-30.

He also said the people of Sarawak must be careful in choosing their representatives in the November 19 general election and should support candidates who fight for the rights of the people and not for personal gains.

He advised the people not to fall for the lies of political parties claiming to defend the rights of Sarawak and the Malaysia Agreement of 1963 (MA63).

“I am not against (federal) Malaysia, but understanding and respect (between political parties) must be reciprocal. What is in MA63, we must defend and fight for together,” he said. – Bernama, November 6, 2022.