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八点最热报 | 砂拉越总理署副部长今天在州议会指出，增加东马国席必须先修改联邦宪法，再由选举委员会重新划分选区。由于修宪程序还未完成，选委会目前根本没有正式增加砂州国席的方案。他强调，东马坚持争取三分之一国席，不是单纯为了扩大政治权力，而是要恢复当年成立马来西亚时的宪法保障，因为1965年新加坡退出马来西亚，留下了一笔至今未清的历史旧账…... （主播: 萧慧敏）
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00:04Anwar had just announced in principle his agreement to add Sabah and Sarawak to the list of countries with similar status.
00:09parliamentary seats
00:10However, more than a month has passed and it remains unclear how many seats will be added and when the implementation will take place.
00:15Correct answer
00:15The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office of Sarawak pointed out in the State Assembly today
00:18Adding East Malaysian parliamentary seats requires first amending the Federal Constitution.
00:22Then the electoral districts are redivided by the election commission.
00:25Because the constitutional amendment process has not yet been completed.
00:27The Election Commission currently has no formal plan to increase the number of parliamentary seats in Sabah.
00:31He also emphasized that East Malaysia is determined to win one-third of the parliamentary seats.
00:35It's not simply about expanding political power.
00:37Instead, it aims to restore the constitutional guarantees in place when Malaysia was founded.
00:41That's because when Singapore withdrew from Malaya and Malaysia in 1965...
00:45This left behind a historical debt that remains unresolved to this day.
00:49However, it will increase from the current 25% to one-third.
00:52It may seem like just a few percentage points
00:54Behind this lies a redistribution of federal power.
00:58East Malaysia strives to protect its rights
01:00Are West Malaysian politicians willing to give it?
01:03Giving it means that East Malaysia did not agree to it.
01:06West Malaysian politicians cannot arbitrarily amend the constitution.
01:10The existing Congress amends the Constitution.
01:12The federal constitution only requires 148 votes.
01:15West Malaysia alone has 166 seats.
01:19It has exceeded the two-thirds threshold.
01:21East Malaysia's bid for one-third of the land is aimed at rebuilding a road.
01:25A line of defense to check the power of West Malaysia
01:27However, for the West Malaysian political forces that have long held a dominant position...
01:31This also means that the existing power structure may be rewritten.
01:35Therefore, East Malaysia is fighting for much more than just a few more chairs.
01:39Rather, it's about whether they can have sufficient influence in major national decisions.
01:43Anwar agreed to raise interest rates easily.
01:45But do they dare to break West Malaysia's majority in parliamentary seats?
01:52Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office of Sarawak, Sarifa, pointed out in the state assembly today
01:55East Malaysia insists on securing one-third of the parliamentary seats.
01:58The key is not the number of people, but the power to amend the constitution.
02:01Currently, there are 222 seats in Congress.
02:04A constitutional amendment typically requires 148 votes.
02:06But West Malaysia has 166 seats.
02:09It has exceeded the two-thirds threshold.
02:11This means that as long as the West Malaysian MPs maintain a consistent stance...
02:14In theory, no support from any East Malaysian parliamentarians is needed.
02:17It is also sufficient to pass a general constitutional amendment bill.
02:20These seat advantages are important because
02:23A two-thirds majority is required.
02:26The current vote count is 148 (out of 222).
02:31Today, Prime Minister Salah al-Ahram
02:34Sixteen seats
02:35Enough to pass a seat advantage
02:38Their own seat advantage
02:40These seat advantages
02:42Therefore, it is conservative.
02:44Seat advantage for any majority of seats
02:56Looking back at the formation of Malaysia in 1963
02:59West Malaya does not actually have such a seat advantage.
03:02There were 159 seats in Congress that year.
03:04Malaya 104 seats
03:06A total of 55 seats in Sabah and Singapore.
03:09Enough to prevent Malaya from unilaterally gathering a majority to amend the constitution
03:13Singapore withdrew from [the treaty] until 1965.
03:15The original 15 seats were not redistributed to Sasa.
03:19The proportion of power in the federal government was thus changed.
03:46East Malaysia demands the restoration of the one-third parliamentary seat ratio.
03:49It has now become a controversial topic.
03:52Is it really about gaining more political power?
03:55Or is it about settling a historical score from 61 years ago?
03:59From East Malaysia
04:00Currently at the University of Tasmania, Australia
04:02Zhan Yunhao, director of the Institute of Asian Studies, believes
04:05The issue is not whether East Malaysia wants to control Parliament.
04:09Rather, it was the power arrangement of the federal government at that time.
04:11Should it be corrected?
04:31But how should we settle historical scores?
04:33Realpolitik is another matter entirely.
04:35Based on the current 222 seats
04:38One-third is 74 seats
04:40This is 18 more seats than the current 56 seats in East Malaysia.
04:43But if 18 seats are really added...
04:46The total number of seats in Congress will also increase from 222 to 240.
04:51Even though East Malaysia has 74 seats
04:53It only accounted for 30.8%.
04:56Still less than one-third
04:58Therefore, human rights lawyer Siti Kassim questioned...
05:01How many seats is the government planning to give to East Malaysia?
05:04The proportion of power actually restored
05:07Or a symbolic interest rate hike
05:32Anwar had previously stated
05:34Federal government in principle
05:36Agreed to increase East Malaysian seats
05:37But this does not mean East Malaysia
05:39You can get one-third back immediately
05:41Because it is truly implemented
05:43It doesn't just require constitutional amendments by Congress
05:44It also involves whether West Malaysia will raise interest rates in tandem.
05:47and the redistricting
05:50Zhan Yunhao's judgment
05:51East Malaysia may find it difficult to achieve victory in the next round.
05:54Perhaps we'll start with the current 25%.
05:56Increase to 28% to 30%
06:39As we just said
06:40From 25% to one-third
06:41It seems like only a few percentage points difference.
06:44But behind this lies a redistribution of power across the entire federal government.
06:47For East Malaysia
06:48It's not really about adding a few more congressional chairs.
06:51Rather, it was when Malaysia was founded.
06:53A check and balance mechanism used to prevent the consolidation of power.
06:57But for West Malaysia, which has long held a majority of parliamentary seats...
07:00Every step forward for East Malaysia
07:02This means that the existing power structure may be rewritten.
07:05Anwar has already agreed to raise interest rates.
07:07But the real test
07:08Do they dare to break the existing majority of seats?
07:10Let East Malaysia be the political destroyer
07:13Become a check and balance in the system
07:16After all, federal fairness
07:18It's not enough to just make it sound nice in the founding agreement.
07:20However, they face significant obstacles in the distribution of power within Congress.