KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 -- Labuan MP Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman reportedly said the newly approved amendment to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's constitution will not affect his and five other Bersatu MPs' position.

The federal lawmaker told Malaysiakini that based on the Registrar of Societies (RoS) circular, the approved amendment to the party constitution would only be enforced from April 1 onwards.

"RoS said this new constitution is effective from April 1. If you ask me, my comment is based on what I have seen, which is the first page of the notice," he reportedly said.

He said his understanding of the RoS notice was that the newly approved amendment only takes effect on April 1 and it was not retrospective.

"If let's say the RoS sa...