State assembly speaker Juhari Bulat said although Parliament had passed the anti-hopping law which came into force on Oct 5, there was still time for the state government to do so.

As such, he rejected a motion tabled by Derga assemblyman Tan Kok Yew for an anti-hopping bill to be debated at the current meeting.

“The motion brought by Derga (Tan) on anti-hopping, although proper, is rejected by the speaker because it has yet to be enforced at the state level.

“The state has time to enforce the anti-hopping bill. The state government wants to do it in a proper way,” he said before the start of the question-and-answer session at the sitting today.

The Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara passed amendments to the Federal Constitution to prevent party-hopping by MPs on July 28 and Aug 9, respectively.