Umno purge: Anti-hop law likely a factor in not sacking rogue MPs, say political analysts

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PETALING JAYA: The anti-hopping law may have played out as an important factor in Umno’s decision to merely suspend elected representatives instead of giving an outright boot in what was deemed to be as the party’s great purge in recent times.

Two former MPs Khairy Jamaluddin and Tan Sri Noh Omar were sacked while Sembrong MP Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein was suspended from the party.

“However, if they are sacked, they get to keep their position as an elected representative and take it with them if they chose to join another party,’’ said Dr Sivamurugan. Academic Prof Datuk Dr Ramlah Adam reckoned that suspending Hishammuddin was a strategy to warn him but still maintain him within the party fold due to his position as an elected representative.

“BN should be able to keep the seats because any by-elections now would not be in Umno's favour,” he said.

 

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