ICERD a ploy by non-Bumis to remove Malay rights, say nationalists

Zaim Ibrahim Zaim Ibrahim Updated 7 years ago · Published on 21 Nov 2018 7:00AM · 5 Comments

THE push to ratify an international anti-racism convention is a ploy by non-Malays to strengthen their own positions and take control of the country and subjugate the Malay race, said president of the Malaysian Muslim Solidarity (Isma) Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman.

The objection towards the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) was not due to fear but spurred by a need to defend the rights of Bumiputeras as enshrined in Article 153 of the federal constitution, said Abdullah.

“The excuses that non-Bumiputeras have for ratifying the ICERD are all lies and untruths. It is all for power, and to strengthen their position to control the country and place Bumiputeras under their control,” he told The Malaysian Insight.

Many foreigners, and even Malaysians, did not understand that the special rights of the Malays were, in fact, a form of compensation for “accepting other races to share in politics, the economy and so on”.

ICERD, he said, was less about removing racial discrimination than it was about crushing the rights of Bumiputeras.

“It is a form of abuse and mistreatment because of the implications to the Malays who are forced to lose control of their own land.

“Independence from the hands of the colonisers is meant to return sovereignty to the original inhabitants of the land, not sacrifice it,” said Abdullah.

Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman says non-Malays are trying to seize power and subjugate the Malay race, starting with the ratification of ICERD. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 21, 2018.

Azhar Mohamad, chairman of the Skuad Badar vigilantes, also warned ratifying ICERD will destroy the special position of the Malays.

“ICERD is an international agreement which if ratified, would potentially remove the absolute rights of the Malays. Article 153 will be threatened,” he told The Malaysian Insight, adding that the power of the Malay rulers would also be at risk.

However, both men were unable to elaborate on how the ICERD would actually discriminate against Bumiputeras or remove the power of the royalty.

ICERD has become a hotly debated issue since Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Unity) Waytha Moorthy announced that it would be one of six human rights treaties the government is hoping to ratify by the first quarter of 2019.

Malay rights groups have reacted negatively to the news, as well as Umno and PAS, which are planning to hold a massive street protests in Kuala Lumpur on December 8 to oppose the ratification.

Universiti Malaya political analyst Awang Azman Awang Pawi said PAS and Umno are responding to a genuine concern of the Malays community with regard to ICERD.

“If PAS and Umno remain silent on this, they are not fighting for the objectives of their party,” he said.

Awang said that many Malays were concerned that with the ratification of the ICERD, foreign countries would have the right to pressure Malaysia to amend Article 153 on the special privileges of the Bumiputera. – November 21, 2018.

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Comments

  • Just a bunch of sh*t-stirrer out to incite racial hatred.

    Posted 7 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • Isn't it a noble act, sacredly decreed and universally highest virtue treating all as equal?

    Posted 7 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Well said. ICERD is a bunch of crap. Malaysian does not need this bunch of ICERD. Stupid convention. Even the Israel also ICERD is a bunch of idiots....hahahaha

    Posted 7 years ago by Judge Dredd · Reply

  • ISMA and Squad Badar are victims of BTN and religious indoctrination.

    Posted 7 years ago by Manfredd Ng · Reply

  • As I have mentioned before , 3Rs are now too far indoctrinated into the Malay minds and nothing can be reason out or educated them to reform and upgrade themselves. Even the Badar suqad are so embolden to demand changes and implemnt their own laws and rules in the guise of religious obligations. They need to be made an example of the saying "kill the cockrel to fighten the monkey". They will be a thorn in the flesh to PDRM once they are let loose in their freewill to act. The radical change to ISIS ideology are just at a snap of the fingers. The leaders needs to be arrested for contempt of the country laws. All the others false nationalistic Malays who were blinded to the existing ills and woes are just a passing encounter as their sustainence will waver when they see that the PH government do not entertain triviality. The country growth and a leap back to the position as Asean Tiger holds prominence and will augurs well for the society in changing their mind set.

    Posted 7 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply