The Opposition Leader said the Bill, which seeks to limit the prime minister’s term to 10 years, failed to secure a two-thirds majority because government MPs did not turn up to vote. “The opposition bloc never rejected the proposed amendment but took a stand to abstain from voting on Monday (March 2).”“Why are you blaming the opposition? If you review the opposition MPs’ debate speeches, you will find that they all expressed conditional support for the Bill,” he said at a press conference here Tuesday (March 3). The Bill, which went to a bloc vote, failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority, receiving only 146 votes. “You have the majority — 154 MPs support the government.

Source: The Star March 03, 2026 17:48 UTC