Special committee proposed to work out 35 pct parliamentary seats for Sabah, S’wak

By Shikin Louis

KUCHING, Oct 5: A special committee has been proposed to work out the mechanism for increasing the number of Dewan Rakyat seats for Sabah and Sarawak, including the long-standing demand for at least 35 per cent representation.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Mustapha Sakmud said he had proposed the committee be established under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 Implementation Action Council (MTPMA63) Technical Committee.

“I also proposed that a special committee be established under the Technical Committee to work out the implementation in detail — I propose that it be jointly chaired by the Minister of Law and myself,” he said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.