00:00Bukit Ganteng MP Syed Abu Hussein Hafiz Syed Abdul Fazal has insisted that he is still
00:06an MP.
00:09In a statement, he said Bersatu's termination of his membership amounted to constructive
00:13dismissal.
00:15Syed Hussein said he received a notice from the party yesterday informing him that his
00:19name had been removed from the party's membership list.
00:23He also claimed that the party leadership made open threats against him and amending
00:27the party constitution was a tactic aimed to expel him.
00:31Syed Hussein said his status as an MP remained intact because Article 49 Sub 2C states that
00:37an MP shall not cease to hold the position solely by virtue of expulsion of his membership
00:42of his political party.
00:44However, Article 49 Sub A states that an MP's seat shall become vacant if they resign or
00:49cease to be a member of that political party.
00:53Bersatu contended that the memberships of elected representatives like Syed Hussein
00:56were terminated of their own accord by going against party directives.
01:00It said they must resign from their elected posts as they have ceased to be a party member.
01:06Dhanushwak Doreza, FMT News.
