Dr M: Parties forming coalitions post-election should not be considered 'hopping'
PARLIAMENT | Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Pejuang-Langkawi) said parties coming together as a coalition to form a simple majority government after an election should not fall under the ambit of any future anti-hopping law.
Even though the former prime minister acknowledges the need to prevent parliamentarians from “party-hopping”, he cautioned that it is not as simple as outlawing “hopping”.
“Sometimes in an election, there isn’t any one party with enough numbers to form the government.
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