Zainal Ajamain says a 1962 report states that the number of seats for Sabah and Sarawak depends on land size and 'economic potential', not population size. FMTNews DewanRakyat Sabah Sarawak
Sabah and Sarawak say they should be given one-third of the parliamentary seats to safeguard their constitutional rights.
“In the original formula, the distribution of seats was 65% to Malaya, and a combined 35% for Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore,” he said. “The same formula should have been been maintained when Singapore left Malaysia in 1965.” Sabah opposition leader Jeffrey Kitingan agreed that delineation of seats in the Borneo states should not only be based on population but the size and economic potential of Sabah and Sarawak“If the Malaysian partnership is to be fair based on the IGC Report, the seat ratio should be Malaya 50%, Sarawak 30% and Sabah 20%,” he said.
After Singapore left, Sabah and Sarawak could not ask for the 15 seats previously held by island state as it was not until 1969 that the Borneo states would have representation in Parliament, Zainal said. In Kuching, Sarawak, a party leader has taken issue with Dewan Rakyat speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof for saying it will be difficult to give Sarawak and Sabah one-third of the parliamentary seats.
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