He said the state legal adviser had already been asked to scrutinise the present state constitution.
“In our Pakatan Harapan (PH) manifesto, we promised that the chief minister’s post would be limited to two terms if we win the two-thirds majority.
“Now that this has happened, we need to look into the amendments to be made to the state constitution. The state legal adviser has already been asked to study how this can be done.
“The clause has to be included in the state constitution for the purpose of limiting the service term of a chief minister. The state executive council will look into the details once the state legal adviser has finished studying and comes back to us with feedback for the proposal,” he said at a press conference here today.
On when the two-term limit would come into force, Chow said they were targeting the November state assembly sitting to table and put into effect the limit to the position.
He said the amendments could not be tabled in the August state assembly sitting as the proposed draft would have to be reviewed by the state constitution committee, which is required by the state assembly standing orders.
It was previously reported that PH intended to implement a two-term limit for the positions of prime minister, chief minister and menteri besar if it won the 14th general election (GE14).
PH chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who served as prime minister for 22 years until his retirement in 2003, said the term limit was necessary to curb corruption.
He also said the two-term limit was enough to formulate and carry out policies.
On a related matter, Chow said he had asked all members of his state executive council to look into fulfilling the promises made by PH.
He said the promises would be delegated to the respective state executive council members for them to take action.
“A list of these promises will be given out to the state excos. They will then scrutinise, and subsequently come up with proposals on how they intend to fulfil these promises in the upcoming state executive council meeting,” he said.
Chow said the manifesto was a promise and a commitment by PH to voters, and they would do their best to fulfil them in the coming five years. He added that depending on the promises, the duration it would take to fulfil them would vary.
On another note, Chow said the state would look into streamlining the state portfolios with the federal portfolios, in order to facilitate better relations and communication between the state and federal governments.
Chow said this would entail a change in the names of the portfolios, as the state constitution does not permit for more than 10 state executive councillor positions.
He also announced that there would be a mechanism to monitor the performance of all state executive councillors, state assemblymen, members of Parliament and local councillors.
“We will monitor their performance through a performance monitoring system. This is to enable us to detect any issues which we may face,” he said.
At the same press conference, Chow also announced the appointment of Komtar assemblyman Teh Lai Heng as his political secretary, effective today.
Teh is entering his second term as Komtar assemblyman.