00:00Abno Deputy President Mohammad Hassan has suggested providing for recall elections if
00:08the government does not amend the anti-hopping law to ensure that legislative seats be vacated
00:13if the elected representative pledges support for parties other than their own.
00:18He said recall elections should be held when MPs or assemblymen are not aligned with the
00:22party on whose ticket they were elected.
00:26He explained that voters in the area can hold a referendum on recalling the MP and if they
00:30get more than 50% support, the seat has to be vacated and an election held again.
00:37He was commenting on the decision of the Dewan Rakyat Speaker not to vacate the seats of
00:41six MPs formerly with Persatu.
00:45Mohammad said Speaker Johari Abdul was well within his rights to make such a decision,
00:49which is why when the case was brought to court, the court informed them not to interfere
00:53because it is a legislative matter, not a judicial one.
