the emergence of careerists, self-serving politicians, which are a very strange breed because they do not honour the sanctity of the vote cast in the ballot box." In 2005 the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) stopped accepting floor-crossers: "Floor-crossing is an absolute mockery of parliamentary democracy and results in deception, suspicion, accusation and 'cheque-book' politics." List of Parliamentary floor crossings 2003 2005 2007 See also Crossing the floor Party switching References Government of South Africa Party switching