SERDANG: The proposal of a fixed term Parliament act to ensure the government of the day serves out its full term has yet to get consensus from the leaders within the Madani government itself and is a premature idea, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister said there was yet to be any decision made on the law.
“We will go through the due process. As there has been a suggestion, we will look at it,” said Anwar after officiating the “AI for Rakyat” programme at the Universiti Putra Malaysia here on Tuesday (Jan 16).
The act was proposed by certain groups to ensure the government of the day serves out its full term and put an end to constant attempts to topple the government.
The act was initially proposed to ease public anxiety following the three changes in government seen since the 2018 general elections, and most recently, the purported plot dubbed the “Dubai Move”.
At the same media conference, Anwar also said that he did not regard the Opposition as being serious about bringing a “no-confidence vote” in the Dewan Rakyat against him.
“I do not think that the Opposition is serious with such a vote as these are just matters being bandied by the Opposition - there is no basis for it. It is the same as the Dubai Move as the Opposition is desperate,” said Anwar.
Last Thursday (Jan 11), Anwar had said that the Opposition did not seem to have the strength to bring a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.
The proposed fixed term Parliament act was proposed by certain groups to ensure the government of the day serves out its full term and put an end to constant attempts to topple the government.
The act was initially proposed to ease public anxiety following the three changes in government seen since the 2018 general elections, and most recently, the purported plot dubbed the “Dubai Move”.
The Perikatan Nasional leaders in the Opposition had denied that they were behind such attempts to topple the government.
