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Podcast: Consider This
Episode: Party-Hopping (Part 3) - Keeping Elected Reps Responsible to Voters
Description: If anti-hopping laws are problematic, how then do we address what is clearly a deep dissatisfaction among the public with the practice known as ‘party-hopping’? Will it need a combination of electoral system change, protections for elected representatives and the use of a re-call mechanisms to bring our democratic process in line with the aspirations of the electorate? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to political scientist Wong Chin Huat.