BUTTERWORTH, Jan 16 – The enactment of the Fixed-Term Parliament Act (FTPA) can reduce problems and political issues if successfully implemented, said DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook.
“We agree (if FTPA is created) because it is good, in principle, and can reduce the problems or political issues during the parliament term.
“However, it must be seen in terms of its implementation,” he said at a media conference when asked about DAP’s views regarding the enactment of the FTPA.
He said this parliamentary system, which had been implemented in the United Kingdom when FTPA was created, meant that parliament could not be arbitrarily dissolved by the Prime Minister within five years and had to be brought to the Dewan Rakyat to be decided by the Members of Parliament.
However, Loke said he is confident that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, who is studying the matter, would bring the proposal to the Cabinet.
