Promise 12: Limit the Prime Minister’s term of office and restructure the Prime Minister’s Department

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Under the administration of UMNO and Barisan Nasional, Dato’ Sri
Najib Tun Razak has monopolized all important powers, and Cabinet
Ministers has become nothing but mere yes-men.

Pakatan Harapan will reform the role of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister's Department as a
whole so that the collective Cabinet administration system can be brought
back into Malaysia.



The length of office for the Prime Minister shall be limited to two terms only.
This will also be applied to the post of Menteri Besar and Chief Ministers.
The Prime Minister will not simultaneously hold other ministerial posts,
especially the post of Minister of Finance.

The number of Minister and Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister’s
Department now is too large. There are 10 Ministers and 3 Deputy Ministers
in the Prime Minister’s Department. This raises the question of what role
they actually play.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will lower the number of Ministers in the
Prime Minister's Department to a maximum of 3 only. Other responsibilities
will be passed to the rightful ministries.

The current financial allocation to the Prime Minister’s Department is also
too big, allowing the possibility of a wide range of misconduct at the highest
level.

In the first year of our administration, we will reduce the allocation to
the Prime Minister's Department from more than RM17 billion per annum
now to less than half, that is RM8 billion only.

The Prime Minister’s Department currently has too many agencies, creating
overlaps with agencies in other ministries, and making the Prime Minister

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like a king. The Pakatan Harapan Government will reduce the number of
these agencies by moving them to the relevant Ministries.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will also remove the Prime Minister’s
ability to manipulate key institutions by creating stronger check and
balance mechanisms. Relevant powers will be decentralized to other bodies,
including to the Parliament. Source 

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*PH manifesto:* 

To reduce the power of the PM to influence the appointment of key officials to the EC, MACC, Malaysian Human Rights Commission and Judicial Appointment Commission, such appointments must be affirmed by the relevant Parliament Select Committtees.

*What happened instead:* 

Tun Mahathir has appointed Mohd Shukri Abdull as MACC head. In fact, there has yet to be a single cabinet member sworn in nor has the new parliament convened.
Incidentally, Shukri is one those that were also involved in the Teoh Beng Hock's case.

P/S : Under Section 5 of MACC act 2009, the Agong has to consent to the person first before announcing. So far, Agong has not consented but Mahathir has jumped the gun in announcing