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MP calls for fixed-term Parliaments, to end instability
“People can manage their lives and business, there will be no puzzles, no more issue of a backdoor government,” says Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Dzulkefly Ahmad, the MP for Kuala Selangor, said a fixed-term Parliament would allow the government to fulfil their mandate.
KUALA LUMPUR: An MP has called for a fixed-term parliamentary system so that elected governments can serve the full five years of their mandate.
Dzulkefly Ahmad (PH-Kuala Selangor) said fixed-terms could curb political instability throughout that period.
With a fixed-term Parliament, “the people can manage their lives and business. When the term of this Parliament is fixed, everyone knows, there will be no puzzles, there will be no more issue of a backdoor government.
“We set five years for a government, giving a mandate for them to implement their promises, offers and manifestos without being disturbed,” he said during the debate on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat.
In the current system, Parliaments have a five-year term from one election to another but a sitting prime minister may seek a dissolution of Parliament, thus triggering a fresh general election, at any time during the five-year term.
Development in ‘opposition states’
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (PN-Machang) urged the government not to leave out the states run by federal opposition parties from development plans.
He said many strategic infrastructure projects had been approved in the 12th Malaysia Plan for those states, and had the potential to be a catalyst for the national economy.
Slope management
Rodziah Ismail (PH-Ampang) suggested that a Cabinet committee be formed to table a White Paper on setting up a slope management council based on the national slope master plan for the management, maintenance and conservation of slope areas.
“We are worried that if issues related to slope and hillside management are not addressed, we will face more landslide tragedies,” she said.
KUALA LUMPUR: An MP has called for a fixed-term parliamentary system so that elected governments can serve the full five years of their mandate.
Dzulkefly Ahmad (PH-Kuala Selangor) said fixed-terms could curb political instability throughout that period.
With a fixed-term Parliament, “the people can manage their lives and business. When the term of this Parliament is fixed, everyone knows, there will be no puzzles, there will be no more issue of a backdoor government.
“We set five years for a government, giving a mandate for them to implement their promises, offers and manifestos without being disturbed,” he said during the debate on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat.
In the current system, Parliaments have a five-year term from one election to another but a sitting prime minister may seek a dissolution of Parliament, thus triggering a fresh general election, at any time during the five-year term.
Development in ‘opposition states’
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (PN-Machang) urged the government not to leave out the states run by federal opposition parties from development plans.
He said many strategic infrastructure projects had been approved in the 12th Malaysia Plan for those states, and had the potential to be a catalyst for the national economy.
Slope management
Rodziah Ismail (PH-Ampang) suggested that a Cabinet committee be formed to table a White Paper on setting up a slope management council based on the national slope master plan for the management, maintenance and conservation of slope areas.
“We are worried that if issues related to slope and hillside management are not addressed, we will face more landslide tragedies,” she said.
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