OP-ED: Altruism or repositioning? The moral question behind floor crossing

"If an elected official genuinely believes that changing sides serves the public interest, the clean and morally coherent act would be to return to voters and seek a renewed mandate."

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Author: Dr. Dotan Rousso, legal scholar and Philosophy lecturer at SAIT

When an elected official crosses the floor, the language that immediately follows is predictable. We hear about unity, about national responsibility, about putting country before party. Sometimes we even hear the word sacrifice. The move is framed as moral elevatio…