KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Parliament’s electoral reforms panel has recommended future federal governments serve out a minimum four-year term before being allowed to call elections.
“The committee recommends that the duration of Parliament can only be dissolved after it has achieved four years and this shall be provided for in the law,” the panel said in its report tabled to the Dewan Rakyat today.
Article 3 of the Federal Constitution currently states that, “Parliament, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date of its first meeting and shall then stand dissolved.”
The bipartisan nine-member panel, formed six months ago, however noted that the power to determine the date of Parliament’s dissolution does not come under the jurisdiction of the Election Commission (EC).
Jarumemas agree with this reccommendation. The four-year durations of Parliament will give both the existing govenrment and the oppositions ample time to fulfil and review all their promises to the rakyat.
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