Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki says he wants to constitutionally limit Iraqi premiers to two terms

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged on Saturday not to seek a third term and said he will try to pass a constitutional amendment limiting his successors to two terms.

"The constitution does not prevent a third, fourth or fifth term, but I have personally decided not to seek another term after this one," he said in an interview with AFP.

The Iraqi premier emphasized that he wanted to constitutionally limit successors to two terms, which he said was sufficient to enact change. "I support the insertion of a paragraph in the constitution that the prime minister gets only two terms, only eight years, and I think that's enough," he said.

At present, Iraq does not limit terms for prime ministers, or members of parliament, but the country's president is limited to two four-year terms.