“We must give it more thought, the processes and mechanism, because we do not want flip flops. Today, something is allowed, tomorrow it is not,” he said at a press conference after an event here today.

He also proposed that a team of experts study the proposed mechanism for a political funding law.

The team should include representatives from the Attorney-General’s Chambers, other government agencies and experts from countries that have implemented such a law.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Special Cabinet Committee on Anti-Corruption had agreed in principle to a political funding bill.

Ismail said the bill was important for the regulation of political financing and to avoid the risk of corruption and abuse of power by politicians, which would negatively affect the country’s image.

Last week, former Election Commission deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said corruption and the “buying and selling” of elected representatives would continue to be an issue unless the government enacted a Political Funding Act.