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Nobody is indispensable, and that principle underpins the government's move to introduce a bill to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to two full terms, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) at a town hall session on the proposed bill on Thursday (Jan 29) that Malaysia has many capable leaders and must prevent power from being concentrated in one individual for too long.

She later confirmed the proposal would require a constitutional amendment, which she hopes to table during the current Parliament sitting.

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00:00I'm Umar from Gubalan, AGC.
00:05Because you cannot get a right or the best leader in the world, I think is what the director
00:10of the General for Legal Aid says that what about you're the best, you're the best, you're
00:15the best.
00:16You're top class, you're near to God.
00:19My answer is that...
00:20Nobody's indispensable.
00:21In Malaysia, with 34 million people, there's so many people...
00:25out there.
00:26And if a person is a great leader, you leave succession plan, number one.
00:30Number two, most importantly, you can come up as you say, senior minister, senior...
00:35advisor, anything.
00:36You can work as a team.
00:37Because political parties, as you know, work in the big numbers.
00:40But what's important is not about the person, it's about not about limiting a person to
00:45be in power but not allowing someone to abuse the power.
00:49It's all about...
00:50a person think that I'm untouchable and I can carry on forever and ever.
00:54That's the message.
00:55And this government, the Perpaduan Madani government, it wants to give that message
00:59that one...
01:00that one is indispensable.
01:01Number two, it's not about whether you're the best or you're not the best but...
01:05the power of a prime ministership in Malaysia has been presented by Prof Shad.
01:10and also Prof Wong is a very powerful position.
01:13So, what is the message?
01:15What is that?
01:16It's not that it's a bad person or it's a bad position but we want to...
01:20avoid badness.
01:21So, we say we want to limit so the next person will carry on.
01:25So, that's basically the message of the Madani government.
01:27So, I hope everybody understand it's not...
01:30not so much about not trusting but it's more like putting up a...
01:35not about kerana kuasa yang dihadkan bukan kerana pemimpin itu buruk...
01:39tetapi kerana...
01:40jawatan itu sangat berkuasa.
01:42Tadi seperti kita tahu ialah...
01:44sesi tanggung...
01:45...dengan beberapa pembentangan dan kita diikuti dengan pembentangan...
01:50terbukaan kepada pandangan, kritikan, cadangan...
01:52dan seperti kata Timbalan Ketua Pengarah bahagian dalam...
01:55...dasar tentang beberapa soalan dasar kita beri untuk perbincangan...
02:00pertama sekali berkenaan dengan hak tempoh di segi 2 penggal ataupun 10 tahun.
02:05Diikuti pula dengan soalan tentang kebelakang ataupun...
02:10ke depan.
02:11Dan...
02:12akhir sekali tentang kiraannya...
02:15...dicampur serentak ataupun boleh dipotong-potong.
02:19Itu saja.
02:20Dan tadi seperti pembentangan itu banyak adanya kebandingan antara...
02:25...negara lain.
02:26Dan kemudian ada pandangan tentang isu perlembagaan.
02:29Kemudian tentang isu...
02:30...tak perlu ada mengatakan perlu dan sebagainya.
02:33Tapi kesimpulan saya, saya kata bukan...
02:35...kara tidak adanya individu yang berkemampuan...
02:37...tetapi lebih kepada aspek membawa...
02:40...mungkin kepada saluran kepimpinan yang baru dan diikuti dengan...
02:45...supaya tidak ada salah guna kuasa oleh mana-mana pihak.
02:47Ini ditawarkan oleh Kerajaan Perpanduan Madani lah.
02:50Sebagai salah satu daripada kerangka...
02:52...accountability Madani yang kita lihat pada...
02:55...tahun 2026.
02:56Untuk tahun ini dalam fasa untuk sidang parlimen.
03:00Pada sesi yang akan datang dan ini akan menjadi...
03:03...lepas Kabinet bersetuju besok...
03:05...dan dalam isu dasar, kita berharap boleh...
03:07...dapat sokongan ahli-ahli parlimen.
03:10Untuk membawa pindaan ini kepada pindaan...
03:13...perlembagaan pada sesi ini.
03:15Terima kasih telah menonton!
03:20Selamat menonton!
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