Consider This: PM Tenure Limits — Two Terms, Ten Years, or Something Else?

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Consider This: PM Tenure Limits — Two Terms, Ten Years, or Something Else?

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158 Views • Feb 09, 2026

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The Cabinet has agreed to a proposal to put limits to a Prime Minister’s tenure, a move framed as a reform to strengthen democratic safeguards. But in a parliamentary system like Malaysia’s, term limits raise complex legal and political questions. How do we understand the nuance behind what sounds like a simple reform? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Constitutional law expert Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, and political scientist Professor Wong Chin Huat, Deputy Head of Strategy for the Asia Headquarters of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network at Sunway University.