He suggested that the special sitting be held after the federal law to prevent MPs from switching parties is given royal assent and gazetted.

This will enable provisions on anti-party hopping to be enforced for assemblymen in Penang when the general election is held, he said in a statement.

“Implementing anti-hopping laws for both parliamentary and state seats will increase the confidence of voters to come out and vote,” said Lim, who is also Air Putih assemblyman.

Lim, who is Bagan MP, said DAP agreed with law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar that all states should streamline their laws with the Federal Constitution on anti-party hopping.

“If these amendments are tabled in Penang, state assemblymen are expected to give their support with a majority of more than two-thirds,” he said.

The Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No.3) 2022 on preventing MPs from switching parties has been approved by both houses of Parliament and will be presented to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah soon for his consent.

Wan Junaidi said based on the timeline for implementation of the bill, it was targeted for gazetting by the first week of September.

He said that after it had been gazetted, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob would write to all menteris besar and chief ministers to recommend that all states amend their state constitutions to bring them in line with the federal law.