PETALING JAYA: Leaders from PKR and DAP’s Sarawak chapters have welcomed the state premier’s proposal to increase Sarawak’s parliamentary constituencies.
Both PKR and DAP, which form part of the state’s opposition bloc, said they were willing to contribute their efforts to expedite the process should premier Abang Johari Openg invite them to join the special committee his party, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu , will set up to draft the proposal.Abang Johari said this submission would be aligned with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and will then be present to the Election Commission .
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Currently, 166 of Malaysia’s 222 parliamentary seats are in Peninsular Malaysia while the remaining 56 seats, or 25%, are in Sarawak and Sabah . There has been a push from within Sarawak’s ruling party to redraw the electoral map so that East Malaysia seats make up a third of the Dewan Rakyat. Daily Express Malaysia
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