{"id":11443,"date":"2021-09-10T20:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T12:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11443"},"modified":"2021-09-10T20:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T12:46:21","slug":"pm-repeats-muhyiddins-reforms-offer-will-table-anti-hopping-law-among-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11443","title":{"rendered":"PM repeats Muhyiddin\u2019s reforms offer, will table anti-hopping law among others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 \u2013\u00a0The cabinet has agreed to limit the term of the prime minister to 10 years, give greater recognition to the opposition, and introduce an anti-hopping law are among the list of reforms it vows to implement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the \u201cparliamentary and government transformation\u201d is aimed at ensuring political stability in the government\u2019s efforts to address the Covid-19 crisis and restore the ailing economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ismail Sabri said these efforts are in line with the advice of Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the importance of a stable and functional government in times of crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister listed seven reforms as part of the transformation, namely:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Amending the constitution to limit the tenure of the Prime Minister to 10 years;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Tabling an anti-hopping bill in Parliament;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Ensuring balanced representation from among government and opposition MPs in parliamentary Special Select Committees;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg\" alt=\"reforms\" class=\"wp-image-11444\" width=\"476\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-160x100.jpg 160w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-350x219.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Implementing Undi18 to lower the eligible voting age from 21 to 18, and tabling relevant amendments to the federal constitution in Parliament;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Ensuring all bills to be presented in Parliament, including the federal Budget, are negotiated and agreed to by all parties;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Including opposition MPs in the National Recovery Council to obtain their views and recommendations; and,<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Providing the opposition leader with remuneration and facilities enjoyed by ministers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhyiddin\u2019s offer to allocate equal funds for all MPs, however, was not among the items listed by Ismail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government is of the opinion that the main focus and priority of all parties at this moment is to ensure political and administrative stability in combating Covid-19 and recovering the economy,\u201d Ismail Sabri said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese offers are also aimed at creating a new political landscape by implementing transformations and reforms in the conduct of governance, especially by empowering the role of the Parliament as an institution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, the government is committed to introducing even more transformations from time to time,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ismail Sabri stressed that the reforms embody good values and consensus that go beyond religious, racial, and cultural lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are also in line with the spirit of upholding the federal constitution as the supreme law of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\">NMT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 \u2013\u00a0The cabinet has agreed to limit the term of the prime&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",800,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama-768x480.jpg",640,400,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",640,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",800,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",800,500,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",800,500,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",800,500,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210223-ismail_sabri_yaakob-bernama.jpg",720,450,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a>","tag_info":"Nation","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11446,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11443\/revisions\/11446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}