Zahid: Barisan to contest seats won in GE14 but ‘lost’ when MPs switched parties


Ahmad Zahid: ‘Barisan must figure out ways to stop party-hopping, which is something undignified.’

KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional is planning its own measures to prevent its elected representatives from crossing over to other parties after the next general election.

Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it needed to start preparing ways to bind the loyalty of members and leaders of the coalition’s parties.

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