SEREMBAN: The Negri Sembilan unity government is prepared to table a motion in the next state assembly sitting to limit the tenure of the Mentri Besar to two terms, says Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.
Aminuddin, who is currently serving his second term as MB, said he had no issues with the tabling of such a motion.
"I have no problems and this can even be tabled during the next sitting. We had done this in 2021 but did not get enough votes in the assembly then to get it approved," he told reporters after chairing the state exco meeting at Wisma Negri on Wednesday (Jan 21).
Pakatan Harapan holds 17 seats in the 36-seat state assembly followed by Barisan Nasional (14) and Perikatan Nasional (five).
Aminuddin was asked if the state government will follow a move by the Federal Government to limit the Prime Minister's term to no more than 10 years or two full terms.
On Jan 5, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a bill to allow this has been drafted and will be tabled in Parliament this year. According to the Prime Minister, the bill is among the institutional reforms implemented for this year's parliamentary session.
The state Pakatan had, in its 2018 election manifesto, pledged to limit the term of Mentri Besar to two terms or a maximum of 10 years. However, the motion did not receive the two-thirds support in the state legislative assembly when tabled in Dec 2021. Then, only 19 assemblymen supported the motion, 13 opposed it and four were absent.
Aminuddin is also state Pakatan chief. On Jan 6, state Umno chief Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias said the party would support any move to limit the MB's term.
Penang became the first state in the country to limit the tenure of the Chief Minister to two terms in Nov 2018.
