Speaker says yet to receive PM’s term limit, AG-PP separation bills

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul revealed that he has not yet received the bills pertaining to the separation of the attorney-general and public prosecutor's roles, as well as the term limit for the prime minister. According to Bernama, the speaker was informed that plans for tabling the bills existed, but he has yet to receive the documents.

The speaker is typically notified about bills two weeks prior to their tabling, but he has not received any papers so far, as per the quoted statement from Johari Abdul in Bangi. On the other hand, Law and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Said announced that the bill limiting the prime minister's tenure to ten years was ready for its second reading in the Dewan Rakyat, though it depended on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's decision on whether to table the bill at the upcoming parliamentary meeting.

The tenure-limiting bill had initially been presented on February 23 but fell short of the necessary two-thirds majority during its second reading on March 2. Meanwhile, the bill to separate the roles of the attorney-general and public prosecutor was first tabled on the same date, with its second reading postponed on July 14 to allow the government to present proposed amendments to the Conference of Rulers first.

The third meeting of the fifth session of the 15th Parliament is scheduled to run from October 5 to December 8, with the 2027 budget expected to be tabled on October 9.