PUTRAJAYA, 17 Aug 2026 – DAP National Chairman Gobind Singh Deo today called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to ensure key institutional reform bills are passed before the end of this year.
These include the bills to separate the roles of the Attorney General and Public Prosecutor, limit the tenure of the Prime Minister to two terms, and long-overdue amendments to the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA) and the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA).
The call followed the decisive vote by party delegates at the DAP National Conference yesterday for the party to remain in the Federal Government.
Gobind said urgent and concrete steps must now be taken to implement our core agenda, specifically institutional and economic reforms.
“I urge Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to take immediate action to realise these reforms. There must be clear, unyielding timelines set for foundational institutional reforms.
“The groundwork for these changes has already been laid,” he said in a statement today, noting that both the AG-PP separation bill and the two-term Prime Minister limit are prepared.
A ministerial statement on SOSMA amendments was tabled in Parliament as far back as February last year, while amendments to the PAA have similarly been under discussion for months.
“We must finalise and table them without any further delays,” he said.
Gobind said the government had acted with speed by holding a special parliamentary session for the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on Tabung Haji recently.
“A similar route ought to be taken for these crucial reform bills, or additional sitting days must be added to the upcoming Dewan Rakyat session specifically dedicated to these,” he said.
DAP remains committed to seeing the reforms through without further delay, with the bills targeted to be passed before the end of the year.