Top law officials to study legitimacy of one-third Dewan seats ‘safeguard’

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They will review the interpretation and legitimacy of the demand for East Malaysia to be allocated one-third of Dewan Rakyat seats from a legal perspective.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/05/top-law-officials-to-study-legitimacy-of-one-third-dewan-seats-safeguard/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/05/keabsahan-kuota-satu-pertiga-mp-sabah-sarawak-akan-dikaji-kata-menteri/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews  #ParliamentarySeats #EastMalaysia #Sabah #Sarawak #MA63

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00:00The top legal officials of the federal Sabah and Sarawak governments will hold discussions

00:05to review the legitimacy of the demand for Sabah and Sarawak to be allocated one-third

00:10of the seats in the Dewan Rakyat.

00:12In a written reply, Law and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Uthman Syed said this

00:17was agreed on by the Malaysia Agreement 1963 Implementation Action Council at a meeting

00:22on September 12.

00:24Azalina said Putrajaya's Legal Affairs Division was supposed to prepare a memorandum for the

00:28cabinet to consider after it was tabled to the MA63 Action Council.

00:33Azalina also said the AGC had not received any official proposal for Sabah and Sarawak

00:38to be allocated an additional 15 Senate seats each through amendments to the constitution.

00:44The current Dewan Rakyat comprises 222 members, with 25 from Sabah and 31 from Sarawak, for

00:50a combined 25.2% share of the voting power.

00:54Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Obeng had said that possessing a third of the representation

00:58would be crucial for the Borneo states to prevent the federal government from trying

01:02to nullify the provisions of MA63.

01:06Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.

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