DAP expresses disappointment after a constitutional amendment to impose a 10-year prime ministerial term limit fails to secure a two-thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has voiced its disappointment over the Dewan Rakyat’s failure to pass a constitutional amendment bill that would have limited a prime minister’s tenure to 10 years.

The party’s secretary-general Anthony Loke stated that this position was conveyed during its Central Executive Committee’s monthly meeting.

“DAP calls on the government to re-table the Bill in the next Parliament session to realise this vital reform agenda,” Loke said in a statement on the party’s official Facebook page.

The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026 failed to secure the required two-thirds majority support during a vote last Monday.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul announced the results of a bloc vote, which saw 146 Members of Parliament in favour, 44 abstentions, and 32 absent.

An amendment to the Federal Constitution requires the support of at least 148 MPs from the 222-member House to be passed.

Government spokesman and Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil confirmed yesterday that the bill would be re-tabled during the next Dewan Rakyat session in June.

This decision was reached during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

 The Sun Malaysia