'Include those passively going against party in anti-hopping definition'

, Hariz MohdPublished: Jul 28, 2022 7:15 AM

PARLIAMENT | Lim Guan Eng (Harapan-Bagan) today suggested that the definition of party-hopping should also include those who passively go against their party.

In his debate over the Anti-Hopping Bill, he said lawmakers who go through legal loopholes, such as going against their own parties, should also be dropped as representatives...

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