Have recall elections to stop party-hopping, says former chief justice | The Malaysian Insight

Have recall elections to stop party-hopping, says former chief justice

Former chief minister Richard Malanjum says with a legal provision to have recall elections, elected representatives would not be so quick to defect or cross over to another party. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 21, 2021.

THE time has come for the country to consider having recall elections to keep elected representatives in check and put a stop to party-hopping, former chief justice Richard Malanjum said. He said if there is a legal provision to have recall elections, elected representatives would not be so quick in defecting or crossing over to another party for whatever reasons.

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