Datuk Anifah Aman (BN-Kimanis) said "If there is no more space in the existing bungalow house (BN), what is the harm in them moving to a smaller house (terrace house)?" Which meant why cannot we move to the Pakatan Rakyat. This was greeted with cheers from the Opposition side and nods from Sabah backbenchers. This was in response to a question by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (BN-Bagan Datok) who questioned why Sabah backbenchers were tempted to cross over to the Opposition. "Is this not the act of a desperado? Why would 140 members occupying bungalows want to move to smaller terrace houses?" he had asked Datuk Anifah Aman earlier.

Datuk Anifah Aman (BN-Kimanis) replied, "I am not saying I am crossing over. There may be a handful who may want to move. This matter of crossing over is not a serious matter. What is serious is the fact that millions in the five states in Malaysia who crossed over to the Opposition," he said to much laughter from the Opposition. Datuk Puad Zarkashi (BN-Batu Pahat) then asked Anifah if he would support an anti-hopping law. Immediately, Datuk Anifah replied that he was against any law that prevents members from crossing over or changing parties.

"That would be like a police state. What is the point of persisting with leaders who have deviated from the right path? Do we stick with them? What good is a leader if the people are no longer with him?" he asked. Anifah then spoke about the high price of blind loyalty to leaders and how the people would have to pay for this."What is the use of being loyal to leaders and in the process sacrifice our people’s future? To a question from Datuk Ghapur Salleh (BN-Kalabakan), who lamented the poor infrastructure facilities in Sabah, Anifah answered that independence is meaningless if people cannot even enjoy clean running water and their children had to walk to school.

Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (BN-Kota Belud) then continued with the bungalow analogy and asked if Sabah backbenchers would stay if improvements were made to the bungalows. "Would there be motivation not to move if more rooms are added to the bungalows and if a timetable is set for these improvements?" Anifah said the solution was a little bit more complex than just the adding of rooms."We are in the same bungalow but we don't enjoy the same privileges. We are not only treated like stepchildren but now we are treated contemptuously with talk that we are going to defect.

"What is the use of additional rooms in the bungalow if we are forced to sleep near the toilet," he said to more cheers. He added that the thing the government needed to work on was the prevention of Sabah from falling into the hands of the Opposition. Extracts from the Malaysian Insider