They say voters can seek remedy in the courts or appeal to the king, among other possibilities. FMTNews Voters MP Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer has suggested that voters collectively engage with MPs whose crossovers led to the downfall of the Pakatan Harapan government.
“Voters have every right to demand that MPs return to the party or coalition that they stood under to secure the valuable asset in the form of the seat,” he added. He said this when asked what voters could do about several MPs from Pakatan Harapan defecting to form another government. Another lawyer, R Kengadharan, said the nation is now in uncharted territory, and that voters should turn to the courts for civil remedy to exercise their constitutional rights.
If Parliament refuses to endorse Muhiyddin, he said, the king could dissolve the House for a fresh election or look for another prime minister to administer the nation. However, both defected to Umno in 1991. The Kelantan state assembly amended the state constitution and passed an anti-hopping law that took retrospective effect from Nov 18, 1990.
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