Several Malaysian parliamentarians have formed a rare bipartisan group to try to put an end to the party-hopping culture that caused the collapse of the federal government and five state governments in the last six months.
But with an anti-hopping law already declared unconstitutional by the country's highest court, the MPs are looking at other possible solutions which, if approved and ratified, could mean significant changes to the electoral system.
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