Anti-hopping law must empower voters to punish or keep MPs - Azalina

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PARLIAMENT | An anti-hopping law must give voters the power to decide the fate of MPs that have left their party, said Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang).Describing what is in essence recall elections, Azalina said the voters should decide via referendum, whether or not an MP who has "hopped" should be retained, or whether there should be a by-election."The law should give power to the people to decide whether or not to replace the hopper," she said while debating the king's address in the Dewan Rakyat today.An anti-hopping law is one of the reforms the government has promised in a deal with Pakatan Harapan.Azalina said the government must take cognisance (of the fact) that a change of allegiance is not always done by choice."We have to accept that sometimes hoppers don't hop because they want to, sometimes they are forced to because they have …