Carpet-crossing
CARPET-CROSSING Carpet-crossing is the act of changing political alliance from one political party to another especially in the parliament. Carpet-crossing can also be loosely used interchangeably with decamping, defection, party hopping, party switching, floor-jumping, etc. But it differs slightly from other related terms like decamping, and defection. Though, there is correlation between them, they involve changing from one political party to another. But cross-carpeting takes place only in parliament; therefore only elected members of Parliament can cross-carpet. While the decamping or defection can be outside parliament. Besides, Kamara (2012) differentiated them more clearly by saying that: To cross carpet, one must first be an elected member of parliament and the act really takes place within the four walls of parliament. While political defection takes place outside the walls of parliament and the actors are not elected Member of Parliament. Reasons for...