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PM term limit bill falters, short of just 2 votes
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PARLIAMENT | The Dewan Rakyat failed to pass the constitutional amendment bill to limit the prime minister’s term to 10 years at its second reading via a bloc vote.

Speaker Johari Abdul said 146 MPs voted in support of the bill, falling just two votes short of the two-thirds majority (148) required to amend the Constitution.

A total of 32 MPs were absent while...


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