Parties should only limit MP’s voting rights on confidence-supply matters

Electoral watchdog Bersih has urged any political parties intending to amend its constitutions to confine parliamentarians’ voting freedom to limit it to only confidence and supply matters.

Following Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s signing of a memorandum of agreement with all parties in his government, which had raised concerns over limits imposed on an MP’s right to vote, Bersih said the government’s defeat in major legal and even constitutional bills must not be seen as an expression of no-confidence in the government.

“Otherwise, parties can…