Kerajaan Sabah menyokong cadangan disarankan Sarawak untuk mendapatkan satu pertiga perwakilannya di Parlimen bagi mewakili kedua-dua negeri di timur negara itu.
Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal berkata, beliau menyambut baik cadangan itu berikutan faktor keluasan geografi dan kepadatan penduduk di Sabah dan Sarawak.
"Begitu juga dengan Perlis yang mana daerah Lahad Datu jauh lebih besar dari negeri berkenaan dan Perlis mempunyai tiga Parlimen sebaliknya Lahad Datu hanya satu Parlimen," katanya. Turut hadir, Menteri Pertanian dan Asas Tani Sabah, Datuk Junz Wong, Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar, Datuk Ewon Benedick dan Pengarah Pertanian Sabah, Muhidin Ismail.
"Kita juga dalam usaha untuk membangkitkan bagaimana kita tambah kerusi parlimen yang ada, ini untuk kepentingan Sabah dan Sarawak," katanya.
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