00:00There is no need for Sabah and Sarawak to prepare an alternative plan for when Putrajaya
00:05rejects their demand for one-third representation in Parliament.
00:10This is what James Chin of the University of Tasmania and Saya Anak Sarawak founder
00:15Peter John Jaban told FMT, emphasising that it is because the demand is non-negotiable.
00:22They said Sabah and Sarawak's push is about correcting a historical wrong following Singapore's
00:27exit from the Federation in 1965.
00:31When Malaysia was formed in 1963, Malaya was allocated 105 of the 160 seats in the Dewan
00:37Rakyat, with Sarawak holding 24 seats, Sabah 16, and Singapore 15.
00:44After its departure, Singapore's 15 seats were not redistributed to Sabah and Sarawak,
00:49causing the Bornean states to lose their veto power.
00:52Peter said East Malaysians are not negotiating, but rather demanding that their seats be
00:57returned to them.
00:59Chin said it was inevitable that the Bornean states would have their seats restored, as
01:03the demand was previously endorsed by the government's Special Council on the Malaysia
01:07Agreement in 1963.
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