Hello everyone, we are the Bersih team from Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur. Today I would like to introduce the ""anti-hopping law"" in Malaysia.

If we compared this with Taiwan, Malaysia does not have an ""Election and Recall Act"" like Taiwan. In contrast, Malaysia passed a similar law last year (2022) which is the ""anti-hopping law"".

When we met with Bersih chairman Thomas Fann this week, the chairman shared with us in some detail Malaysia's anti-hopping law. The main purpose of this regulation is to prevent a large number of members of Congress to switch from the ruling coalition to the opposition coalition after the general election, resulting in a change of power in Congress or political instability.

Because in February 2020, due to the ""Sheraton"" coup, the Pakatan Harapan, which had finally won the general election in 2018, lost the majority of seats in Congress and was forced to rotate political parties.

In order to avoid this kind of situation, Bersih began to vigorously implement the anti-hopping law after the coup. Although he wanted to implement the recall law at the beginning, because of the Malaysian political system, the government that forms the cabinet also has the status of a member of parliament. Enacting an anti-hopping law is a relatively efficient way to stabilize the government system. Compared with the recall law, it can be more deterrent to members who want to change jobs, because if a large number of members change jobs and cause the ruling regime to fall, then hold the recall I'm afraid it's too late.

Through this law, we also understand that the difference between the original government system with Taiwan is so closely related to the formulation of election rules. It is also worthwhile for us to reflect on whether there is space for further improvement in Taiwan's election and strike law.