Anti-hopping law needed, says Dapsy
IPOH: DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has urged the government to consider enacting an anti-hopping law to prevent elected representatives from deserting their parties.
Its chairman, Wong Koh Who, said elected representatives who quit their party must relinquish their seats and pave the way for a by-election.
“The constitution must be amended so that they are allowed to recontest in a by-election.
“I believe it is high time for the government to consider implementing the law so that those who wish to desert their parties, think twice before they do it.”
He said this after attending the Perak Dapsy Convention, which was officiated by Perak DAP chairman Nga Kor Ming, here yesterday.
He said the government should enact the law to improve the country’s democratic system.
“As we can see now, our friends from Barisan Nasional have the tendency to join Pakatan Harapan, be it PKR, Amanah, Bersatu or DAP.
“But we must remember and hold on to our principle that we should reject those who want to desert their parties, especially after the election.
“Prior to May 9, many of our members were slandered by them and we must not forget that. Those who have joined us used to be our opponents.”
The idea of an anti-hopping law was first mooted by the late DAP veteran Karpal Singh in 2010 after three then Perak assemblymen quit the then Pakatan Rakyat coalition to help BN wrest the state government.