PETALING JAYA: Malaysia can adopt elements from Norway's political funding model to discourage party-hopping, says Transparency International’s new president, Dr Muhammad Mohan.
Malaysia can adopt elements from Norway's political funding model to discourage party-hopping, says Transparency International’s new president, Dr Muhammad Mohan.
“This is better in that the people vote for the party, not the individual. Suppose you vote for Party X, and then the candidate jumps ship.Muhammad explained that in Malaysia's current situation, if an elected representative decided to party-hop, the party that the people voted for would lose its seat in Parliament or the state assembly.
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