KOTA KINABALU, Nov 17 — Caretaker chief minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the scheduled increase in parliamentary seats for Sabah and Sarawak is in accordance with the provisions of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).

“It is stipulated in MA63 that Sabah and Sarawak should have at least one-third of the total seats in Parliament,” he said, referring to an assurance by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on the matter with the media, earlier.