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“Having a Recall Act in place acts as a constant reminder to elected representatives that their voters are their real bosses, and that they cannot go against the wishes of the rakyat who balloted for the candidate they felt best serves their needs and interests.
Act will have a deterrent effect, on both Federal as well as State levels, preventing elected representatives from switching sides
any elected representative switches allegiances, the mandate will be returned to the voters; this empowers the voters to decide whether to retain or to recall that representative. If the recall is successful, a by-election will then be conducted for them to find a new representative.”
Recall Bill effectively discourages representatives from shifting loyalties after being elected because the chances of being ousted by angry voters are high.
“It ensures elected representatives will be answerable to their electorate if they switch parties.
“Having a Recall Act in place acts as a constant reminder to elected representatives that their voters are their real bosses, and that they cannot go against the wishes of the rakyat who balloted for the candidate they felt best serves their needs and interests.
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