Political financing law, amendments needed to forestall fickle MPs - C4

The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4) is alarmed over the switch of support by four rogue Bersatu MPs, saying that it proves the need for a political financing act and amendments to close loopholes that allow parliamentarians to bypass anti-hopping measures.

According to C4, the latest developments demonstrated the persistence of money politics within Malaysia’s electoral democracy and the failings of existing anti-party hopping provisions...