PETALING JAYA: The fate of the six Bersatu MPs who pledged support for the Prime Minister is now in the hands of Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul and the courts, according to Datuk Dr Suhaili Abdul Rahman.
Suhaili, who is one of the six MPs, made this statement ahead of the party’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) next month.
He emphasized that any amendment made in the upcoming EGM held on March 2 should be referred to for future cases instead of the top leaders training their guns towards the six MPs.
He also stated that he would remain loyal to the party and would not be pressured to resign by certain leaders within the party.
On Jan 31, Suhaili challenged Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin to expel those who pledged their support to the Prime Minister from the party and said that legal action from the party against the six would be pointless as any amendment to Article 10 of the party’s constitution cannot be applied on a backdated incident.
The Labuan MP also claimed that the party did not expel the six MPs because Bersatu wanted to maintain its numbers in Parliament.
On Feb 14, Bersatu information chief Datuk Razali Idris said the special delegates’ meeting would be held at the Ideal Convention Centre in Shah Alam to amend Clause 10 of the party constitution to automatically expel elected representatives who go rogue.
Bersatu leaders said this amendment would see the rogue MPs becoming Independents and that if they tried to join any other party, their seats would be declared vacant and by-elections called under the anti-hopping law.
