Fairness demands respecting MA63, senator tells ex-EC man
A Sabah senator has criticised a former Election Commission official for saying the distribution of parliamentary seats between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak should be premised on fairness and not the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).
Nelson W Angang said MA63 was the very foundation of Malaysia, hence giving one-third of Dewan Rakyat seats to Sabah and Sarawak, as well as Singapore, at the time was aimed at safeguarding their rights and privileges.
This was to ensure Malaya could not amend the constitution without the buy-in of these states, he said.
While former EC deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the distribution of parliamentary seats should be premised on fairness, Angang said fulfilling MA63 would be doing just that.
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