CNA

The three-week meeting is expected to pass the anti-party hopping Bill and provide indications on the state of bipartisan cooperation in the Lower House.

The report added that the five-year ban on MPs who quit their seat and trigger a by-election will be removed. The deal will be in effect from the date of signing until parliament is dissolved, and the MOU stated that the government has promised not to dissolve parliament before Jul 31. The MOU was inked in September 2021 in parliament to strengthen political stability amid the COVID-19 pandemic, following turmoil that saw the change of government and the recalibration of political alliances. “The plan is for the Bill to be debated on Jul 27 and Jul 28 in the Lower House, but this is at the discretion of the Lower House speaker,” he said in a statement on July 13. In September last year, it was reported that the government would propose amendments to the Constitution to create a third deputy speaker post, which would be held by the opposition. The three-week meeting is expected to pass the anti-party hopping Bill and provide indications on the state of bipartisan cooperation in the Lower House.