GEORGE TOWN: DAP Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu has again suggested that post of Penang chief minister should be limited to just two terms.
He said this was considered the best period to limit the term for the post as Pakatan Harapan had wanted to impose the two-term limit for the prime minister's post in its manifesto.
"They should prove it, if they want to put it in their manifesto. Moreover, PH is now in charge of Selangor and Penang, hence they should prove to the people now itself.
"If they do not do it now, then their manifesto is just empty promise. People will judge for themselves," he told a press conference here today.
Asked if he was not afraid of action being taken against him by DAP over his remarks, Teh said that the party had already punished him by electing an unofficial 'new Tanjung Bungah assemblyman'.
He said the state government had elected Bukit Bendera member of parliament Zairil Khir Johari to oversee his duties as the constituency's assemblyman, apart from terminating contract of his assistant months ago.
"The state government terminated the contract of my assistants, which should have expired at the end of June. Zairil opened a Tanjung Bungah service centre here a few days ago to take over my duties.
"I no longer have any fear of any punishment from DAP," he said.
Since the 2014 state legislative assembly sitting, Teh had proposed for the post of chief minister to be rotated and limited to two-terms to make way for other capable leaders to take over.
His efforts proved futile when his motion was rejected after getting mixed reactions from the other assemblymen.
On March 31, 2016, Teh again tabled the same motion, but was again rejected.