More Parliamentary Seats, More Political Equity For East Malaysia?

Danesh Prakash Chacko, Director, Tindak Malaysia

Morning Run · Morning Brief · 14 Sept 2022 · 13 mins listen

Recently, the Special Council on the MA63 endorsed the proposal to increase East Malaysia representation in parliament to 35%, giving Sabah and Sarawak 78 of the 222 parliamentary seats. Would this actually increase effective political representation for East Malaysia? Danesh Prakash Chacko of Tindak Malaysia weighs in.

Produced by:

Moh Heng Ying

Presented by:

Shazana Mokhtar,Wong Shou Ning

Categories:

politics,government,Law/Activism

Tags:

parliamentary seat,ma63 bill,sabah,sarawak,east malaysia

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