Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has commented on the governments delay in legislating laws to discourage MPs from defecting.

"(The passage) of the 'anti-hopping' law will take a long time and is at risk of being delayed indefinitely. The delay suggests (that the government) was not serious and lacking in political will."

Zahid also urged the government to review Ismail Sabri's confidence-and-supply agreement with Harapan in view of the delay.