The Attorney General of Solomon Islands Billy Titiulu says the Political Party Integrity Bill is not an anti defection law.
Mr Titiulu made the comments following a question raised by the leader of Independent John Maneniaru who questioned if the Bill is constitutional.
“This Bill is not an anti defection law, where once you joined a group you cannot move out. An attempt to do that in PNG, just for you to resign from one political party to join another was held to be unconstitutional, why because they will investigate the reasons why you left the party. So looking at the provisions, how is it that if we hold back those wanting to resign you ar going to create a situation where it will be purely unconstitutional.”
