Parliament representation must be balanced to protect rights of Borneo states, says Abang Jo

📆 9/16/2022 6:02 PM
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KUCHING: The composition of Parliament must be balanced between Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah to ensure that the rights of both Borneo states are safeguarded, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.

The Sarawak Premier said the Malaysia Agreement 1963 Special Council recently discussed increasing the number of parliamentary seats for Sarawak and Sabah to 35% of all seats in Parliament.

"We in Sarawak and Sabah have to ensure that our rights and privileges are always protected in Parliament and that the wants of some federal leaders are not imposed upon us, to our detriment and loss. "We only want our rights back, no more, no less," he said at the state-level Malaysia Day celebration in Bintulu on Friday night.

"Should a seat be considered only on population size, remote places with scattered populations like Ulu Baram, Belaga and Ulu Rajang would not merit representation, which is not the case as we know it," he added.

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