Its founder, Hussamuddin Yaacub, said after 10 months of presenting several demands to them, his message to lawmakers was that the movement was “losing patience”.

“Although we held many meetings with lawmakers, I don’t see sincerity and seriousness in them. Only a few are taking our demands seriously.

“Please take us seriously and do something. If you don’t change, we will remain in a vicious cycle,” he said at a press conference at the Karangkraf complex here.

Among the key demands of the movement are: an anti-party hopping law, a political funding act, separating the powers of the public prosecutor from that of the attorney-general and freeing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) from executive and political pressure.

Meanwhile, Undi18 co-founder Tharma Pillai said the anti-party hopping law was needed to stop political instability in the country caused by “traitors” who defected to other parties after winning in elections.

“The people are frustrated with these traitors. Their frustration could translate into a low voter turnout. When that happens, the new government would be formed based on a weak mandate and this is unhealthy,” he said at the same press conference.

Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) executive director Cynthia Gabriel urged Azalina Othman, who is Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s law and human rights adviser, to seek an urgent meeting with the prime minister to discuss their demands.

“We want the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the prosecution to be separated. Also, there is so much attention revolving around MACC but we don’t see any recommendations from lawmakers to strengthen the agency.

“Hence, we demand that Azalina urgently seek a meeting with the prime minister to bring about some changes,” she said.