Constitutional poser over new Sabah seats

Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili has been tasked by the Cabinet to decide on the date for invoking Wasia, to enable the Federal Government to take over the water assets in Selangor.

KOTA KINABALU: A constitutional poser is arising over the 13 new state seats that were gazetted by Sabah in 2016.

With Parliament yet to approve the changes that will allow the Election Commission (EC) to use the seats in the coming general election, the question in political and legal circles is whether it is then constitutionally legal to use just the existing 60 seats, instead of 73.