Malaysia Confronts Executive Overreach In Its Westminster System – OpEd

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s recent proposal to limit prime ministerial tenure to ten years marks a significant shift in Malaysia’s approach to executive power. Combined with pending legislation to separate the Attorney-General (AG) and Public Prosecutor (PP) roles, these reforms signal that Malaysia is finally confronting the institutional weaknesses that enabled the 1MDB scandal, the largest kleptocracy case in modern history.

The 1MDB scandal demonstrated the dangers of adopting...