Electoral watchdog Bersih has today launched a mock recall election using the Tebrau parliamentary seat as a model, as part of its advocacy efforts for electoral reform.

A recall election is an electoral mechanism that allows voters to petition for a mid-term election to try and remove or sack the elected representative of their constituency if they are unhappy with the actions or performance of that person.

“In Malaysia, due to the Sheraton Move a year ago, the mass defections of MPs led to the...