Recall election to prevent party hopping
BY UMIE SYAZWANIE MOHD KUCHING: A recall election should be carried out if an elected representative shifts to another party or wishes to be an independent. Political analyst Assoc Prof Dr. Awang Azman Awang Pawi of Universiti Malaya (UM) said this should be the preferred choice rather than implementing an anti-hopping law. He explained that […]
Public divided over anti-hopping law
BY UMIE SYAZWANIE MOHD KUCHING: Political analysts have mixed views on supporting the call for an anti-hopping law as advocated by former Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Azalina Othman Said. On Aug 29, Azalina advocated the importance of anti-hopping laws in protecting the people’s mandate and in curbing politicking between parties. An anti-hopping law that restricts […]
Anti-hopping law – don’t wait
KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan Sarawak has called for immediate enactment of the anti-hopping law by the newly installed Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri-led federal government. This is to restore public confidence in the country’s political system, said its chairman and Sarawak DAP leader Chong Chieng Jen in a statement issued after a Sarawak PH meeting today (Aug […]
Time for anti-hopping law!!
KUCHING: Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew is firmly against political ‘frogs’, having signed the online petition ‘Amend Malaysia’s Constitution to have Anti-Hopping Law before GE15’ started by KF Ng on www.change.org. “The whole nation is sick of political frogging. And if the whole nation is sick of it, why shouldn’t we put an end to […]
High time for anti-hopping law!
What we would all love to see is a little more moral backbone in our elected representatives. This is easier said than done, with millions and millions allegedly being dangled as inducements. – Nathaniel Tan, coordinator of social movement Projek Wawasan Rakyat (POWR) After about 28 months, Sabahans are forced to go through another state […]
‘Table anti-hopping law’
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing hopes that an anti-hoping law will be tabled in Parliament as soon as possible. He said such legislation would prevent lawmakers from hopping from one party to another and create political instability as had been done in the past. “The Federal Constitution must be amended to […]
