East Malaysia MPs revive call for one-third of parliamentary seats
East Malaysian MPs believe now is the time to debate increasing the number of constituencies in their states to better represent them in Parliament. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 20, 2020.
THE demand for Sabah and Sarawak constituencies to represent one-third of the 222 parliamentary seats needs to be discussed properly and not emotionally, the Dewan Rakyat heard today. Lukanisman Awang Sauni said this was not a new issue and was in line with paragraph 236 of the Cobbold Commission Report, which emphasised that the representation of the Borneo territories in the federal government shall take into account the populations, their size and potential.
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