KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 4 -- Leading legal authorities from the federal government as well as from Sabah and Sarawak will convene to examine the legitimacy of the request for Sabah and Sarawak to be allocated one-third of the seats in the Dewan Rakyat.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the decision was made during a meeting of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) implementation action council on September 12, according to a report published today in Free Malaysia Today.
Azalina explained that Putrajaya's legal affairs division had been tasked with preparing a memorandum for the Cabinet, which would be considered after being tabled to the MA63 action council.
"However, ...