If anti-hopping laws are problematic, how then do we address what is clearly a deep dissatisfaction among the public with the practice known as ‘party-hopping’? Will it need a combination of electoral system change, protections for elected representatives and the use of a re-call mechanisms to bring our democratic process in line with the aspirations of the electorate? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to political scientist Wong Chin Huat.