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COMMENT | Former Umno stalwart Mustapa Mohamed who has just defected to Bersatu has been described as “a leader with good morals, integrity and a clean image”.

Indeed! The first thing any MP with good morals and integrity should do after they have resigned from the coalition under which they stood during the GE14 would be to vacate their seats because they were elected based on their coalition affiliation. It was for that very reason that Umno and BN were rejected at GE14.

MPs forfeit their seats either when they leave the party/coalition, switch parties or are expelled before they finish their term. Who, except for the thick-skinned politician without morals and integrity, doesn’t know that?

Few good men in New Malaysia

Isn’t there supposed to be a new political culture under the Pakatan Harapan government after GE14? The hatred for party hoppers was prevalent in DAP for decades. However, the contempt and vilification of the three (now defunct) Pakatan Rakyat representatives in Perak who defected to BN in 2009 was soon forgotten when Pakatan leader Anwar Ibrahim attempted his “September 16 Caper” after the 2008 general elections...

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