Sim Kiang ChiokĪ respondent who was a former party candidate in the 2011 state election and current branch chairman of SUPP Stakan, Sim Kiang Chiok, said he was very aware of the judicial stand on the matter and agreed with the general idea of protecting the freedom of association which is enshrined in the constitution. Some practicing politicians were asked today about the correct or most generally accepted way forward with regards to the matter. Elected representatives in Parliament and state legislatures have been jumping ship mostly to the newly formed Harapan government and some are even happening within coalitions as seen lately in Sabah and most recently in Sarawak. ![]() However, today’s voters are simply fed up and disgusted with the political goings on of late. ![]() But this requires a 2/3rd majority in Parliament because the Supreme Court ruled in 1992 that crossing over to another political party was an expression of the person’s right to engage in freedom of association. Political thinkers and analysts have agreed that there is a need for an effective anti-defection law. Thus the hopper can still win in subsequent elections regardless of his/her party affiliation. Sometimes voters show their displeasure via the ballot box, but party hoppers are usually very popular in their own areas and their loyalty tends to be personal to holder, that is, the loyalty is not to the party. Would he now coax the current parliament in which he has considerable clout to finally enact an anti-hopping law? “But it did not receive any support from the floor and the ruling government at the time,” said Lim in Parliament that year. KUCHING: Former parliamentary opposition leader, Lim Kit Siang, is the first Member of Parliament (MP) to ever introduce an anti-defection Private Member’s Bill in Parliament way back in 1978 “to ensure political integrity of elected MPs and to prevent political corruption”.
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