PETALING JAYA: The time has come to amend existing laws to prevent abuse by political parties that force elected representatives to quit their parliamentary or state seats, said Election Commission deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.
He said the move by a wakil rakyat to vacate a seat to fulfil a party’s agenda should be discouraged as the cost of holding by-elections had become a burden to the country.
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