A PARLIAMENTARY vote on the constitutional amendment to regulate or ban party-hopping has been deferred pending a special committee deliberation. Hopefully, this deliberation will proceed even during the prorogation of Parliament.
The political instability that has engulfed the nation since 2020 has traumatised the public. There is scepticism about the relevance of the electoral process and of the belief that an MP represents his constituents. Most of us suspect that party-hopping is fuelled by money politics or selfish calculations of personal or political gain.
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