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When is a resignation not a resignation? A crisis of confidence in Sabah
The constitutional crisis in the Malaysian state of Sabah in March 1994, in which the recently elected PBS government was unseated by defections from the governing party to the opposition, was a defeat for constitutional democracy. However, the ensuing litigation concerning the effect of the resignation of the Chief Minister on the tenure of Cabinet members represents a further step in the development of judicial control over the operation of conventions in the Westminster‐model constitutions of the Commonwealth. Political instability in states such as Sabah is best contained by the enactment of an anti‐party‐hopping statute.
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- Available online: 15 Apr 2008
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- a Senior Lecturer in the Law Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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