THE Malacca government will be enacting legislation to limit the tenure of chief ministers to a maximum of two-terms.

Malacca Chief Minister Adly Zahari said the state government was currently fine tuning the draft legislation and hoped to table it in the state assembly next month.

“If we can, it will be tabled in August, if not, at the next assembly sitting. It is not a problem  for us (limiting the tenure of the chief minister),” he told a press conference on the sidelines of the  state assembly sitting today.

He said that if it was passed, it would apply to whichever party was  in power.

He added that the state government also hoped to enact the setting up of the Malacca competency, accountability and transparency (Melcat) committee at next month’s sitting of the assembly.

“There are other proposed enactments on the cards which we will announce from time to time,” he said, adding that the new Pakatan Harapan government in Malacca was serious about chief ministers not staying on too long and on the culture of efficiency, accountability and integrity. – Bernama, July 19, 2018.