PETALING JAYA: Constitutional amendments to cap the Prime Minister's tenure at 10 years, or two terms, and to separate the roles of the Attorney General and Public Prosecutor will be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Feb 23).
According to the Dewan Rakyat order paper, the two amendments will be tabled by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms).
Any constitutional amendment requires the support of two-thirds of MPs, or 148 out of the 222 members of the Dewan Rakyat.
On Jan 5 this year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that a bill to limit the Prime Minister’s term to no more than 10 years, or two full terms, had been drafted and would be tabled in Parliament this year.
Anwar said the bill is among the institutional reforms being implemented by the government for this year’s parliamentary session.
On Feb 20, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the two major reforms are scheduled for their second reading on March 2 and March 3.
Anwar has also called for the bill to be expedited and passed at the next parliamentary sitting.
The Prime Minister said a decade is sufficient for any prime minister to implement reform agendas and key national policies before making way for new leadership.
He also stressed that the law must start with him.
