Anti-hopping law to be tabled next month


PETALING JAYA: The proposed anti-party hopping law needs to strike a balance between punishing elected representatives who jump parties and their right to contest, says a political analyst.

Pacific Research Centre of Malaysia principal adviser Oh Ei Sun said the proposed law should make it costly for elected representatives who switch alliances.

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