PUTRAJAYA: Any Recall Election Bill will have to undergo several processes before it can be listed to be tabled in Parliament, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

       If successful, its tabling would only be done after all government affairs are completed, said the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law).

       He said once it had been submitted, the Dewan Rakyat Speaker’s secretariat as well as the Parliament secretary would review it to see if the Bill could be brought before Parliament.

       "The Bill will have to go through the rigorous process of whether it will satisfy the requirement of what the law ought to be like," he said on Tuesday (Sept 7).

       He added that if the law was deemed satisfactory and was of an equal level to what could be issued by the Attorney General’s Chambers, then it could be stamped and listed to be tabled.

       "However, it can only be listed after all government affairs are settled. Meaning, it will not be given priority (to be tabled in Parliament)," he said.

       The matter is under the purview of the Parliament secretariat and he could not interfere with what it does, Wan Junaidi explained.

       Former deputy speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said had submitted a notice of motion to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun to table a Recall Bill in the coming Parliament session, to hold MPs accountable for party-hopping.

       The Pengerang MP said the notice sent to Azhar is a Private Member's Bill based on Standing Orders 49(1).

       She proposed for the Bill to be called the "Dismissal of Members of Parliament Bill 2021."

       The MCA has also proposed a House of Representatives Recall (HORR) Bill that targets MPs who commit misdemeanours or switch parties.

       Party secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon said the Bill would make MPs more accountable for their actions because they can be recalled.