MalayMail-Dec 5
Political analysts in the country predict that limiting the Prime Minister’s time in office to two terms and new political funding laws will likely be achieved under Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s administration. Universiti Utara Malaysia’s political expert Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani said these two were among the coinciding factors in the manifestos of the two largest coalitions in the new government — Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN). Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research’s political analyst Azmi Hasan said that transparency in political funding was among the main issues debated by both BN and PH and most likely it will be among the new laws that might be initiated under the new unity government. “In the previous government, these two matters were at the Cabinet committee level, so yes I think this will go through,” he said. Universiti Malaya’s political analyst Awang Azman Awang Pawi added that limiting the prime minister’s time in office to two terms, reformation of Parliament and reinforcing the anti-party hopping laws would be things the new government will do to stabilize itself. The analysts said other laws that could be introduced under the new government are those involving freedom of expression, detention without trial, need-based economies and tackling food security issues. “Need-based economy is not new. BR1M is one of the examples that was used by the previous administration and Anwar will strengthen it such as targeted subsidies,” said Mohd Azzizudin referring to the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M). He also said that food security laws were another significant area that would require collaboration with the various state governments due to jurisdiction over land. Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/12/05/analysts-two-term-limit-for-pm-post-new-laws-on-political-funding-can-be-achieved-by-unity-govt/42578
