KUALA LUMPUR – The Legal Affairs Division and the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) are studying limiting the term of the prime minister to not exceeding 10 years.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the study is obtaining the views of the public, government agencies, civil society organisations, and non-governmental organisations.
“A questionnaire has been uploaded on the Legal Affairs Division’s portal and views on the study can be entered from November 23 until tomorrow.
“A technical committee has also been set up under the CSA (Confidence and Supply Agreement) Steering Committee to study the government’s proposal based on holistic engagement sessions to set the policy,” he said in an interview on Buletin Bernama today.
He said amendments on the matter will be implemented in July 2022 after the detailed study is completed.
Wan Junaidi said the proposal to limit the tenure of the prime minister is to prevent the prime minister from continuing to hold the post indefinitely if he wins an election.
“As such, we will decide through the CSA committee to limit the term of the prime minister to only 10 years,” he said.
Meanwhile, Wan Junaidi said Parliament and AGC are looking at formulating or amending the Parliamentary Services Bill 2022 and drafting the Parliament (Privileges and Powers) (Amendment) 2022 Bill. They are expected to be tabled during Parliament’s first meeting in March 2022.
“With the reformation, formulation, or amending of the acts, Parliament’s independence is assured and meetings in the House will be more orderly,” he said.
Apart from that, Wan Junaidi said the cabinet had on September 17 decided to mobilise the enactment of an anti-party hopping law, with a questionnaire developed to be answered by MPs and the public from November 23 until today.
“To date, 7,000 civil servants have answered the questionnaire.” – Bernama, December 7, 2021
