COMMENT | Bersih reminds all Malaysians, especially Sabahans, that the political crisis in Sabah will not end with the exodus of the three Warisan assemblypersons to become independent and support Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor.

Bersih opines that the main problem with party hopping in Sabah is how an assemblyperson's function is seen as a ‘human ATM’ and this can only be resolved in the long-term by a 3-in-1 reform package, namely anti-hopping law and fixed-term legislature ordinance, an equitable constituency development fund (CDF) ordinance, and Sabah state assembly reforms.

In the current situation, independent assemblypersons do not have a real role as legislators or policymakers, and they heavily depend on CDF to...