US EditionMalaysia’s Parliament Fails to Pass Bill Limiting PM’s Tenure to Two Terms
The amendment failed with 44 abstentions and 32 absences, falling two votes short of the required two-thirds majority to limit the premiership to 10 years.
- On March 2, Malaysia's lower house in Kuala Lumpur narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment to limit the premiership to two terms with 146 votes, two short of the required majority.
- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim proposed the measure as part of a reform agenda, but last month ten lawmakers from Anwar's party threatened to withdraw support over power concerns.
- Forty-Four MPs abstained and 32 were absent, which produced an unusually high abstention with no explicit recorded 'nays'; Law Minister Azalina Othman Said argued the term limit would strengthen institutional integrity.
- The setback deepens discontent within the ruling coalition and raises questions about implementing reforms, but Anwar said his administration will press ahead with other reforms this year including the ombudsman law.
- This week, parliament will debate separating the attorney-general's dual role, which supporters say addresses conflicts of interest from the attorneys-general appointment process.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 - Malaysia's lower house of parliament on Monday narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment that would limit the premiership to two terms, in a vote marked by high abstention, although without explicit 'nays'. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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