Amanah opposed to ICERD ratification

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 13 Nov 2018 10:56PM · 12 Comments

Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub says Malaysians should safeguard the harmony, equality and livelihoods enjoyed by all the races in the country. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 13, 2018.

AMANAH is opposed to Malaysia ratifying the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) because the terms of the treaty violated the federal constitution.

Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub said Malaysians should safeguard the harmony, equality and livelihoods enjoyed by all the races in the country.

“Anything that is contravenes the country’s constitution and culture, we cannot accept. We have our own system. What is contained in the constitution has to be safeguarded.

“Currently, i think many will not ratify it (ICERD) and there are matters that have to be looked into thoroughly. We have to defend what we think is required for the country,” he told reporters after the  Bicara Minda bersama Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani” programme at Dewan Karangkraf here today.

On October 26, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P. Waytha Moorthy was reported to have said that Malaysia would ratify the ICERD and five other treaties on human rights as early as the first quarter of next year.

However, on October 31, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia would only ratify ICERD after all the races had been consulted, while admitting it was not an easy decision to make because Malaysia was made up of various races. – Bernama, November 13, 2018.

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  • Equality???

    Posted 5 years ago by Geoffk 2018 · Reply

    • Is the ICERD treaty a law? Not that I know of. It is only a convention - a practice which becomes accepted through usage? So then ICERD cannot violate the Constitution because the latter is the supreme law of the land, while a treaty is not law? ANY OTHER VIEWS TO HELP CLEAR THIS MUDDLE?..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • ICERD itself when has it violate Malaysian constitution. It is the other way round and the constitution write up has been exploited and abused that contravenes all what ICERD stands for. Do not defend what is improper. Seems that the Malay race be it in Umno , PAS, Amanah ,PKR and even in DAP are fixated in the special rights of Article 153 without understanding in totaity the holistic applications. Do not bother to declare about New Malaysia as a Developed Country status where lopsided and myopic view of preferences by race definition are still practises and not by needs irrespective of color and creed. Nobody is against the the needys to be fully supported but against racial discrimination. So tell me logically on the irony on how can majority who rules cries out that they racialy discriminated and deny of subsistence?????

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • A shocking betrayal by Amanah for short term Malay support. Show us how is ICERD contrary to the Constitution. If it was, why was it included in the PH manifesto which all 4 parties endorsed?

    Posted 5 years ago by Gerard Lourdesamy · Reply

    • Hasn't even Najib (ex-PM) himself been harping on the Pakatan govt on the issue that manifesto promises must be kept? He possibly even agrees with ICERD?..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • Between National and International, I think our leaders choose to be the tiny one that walk sneaky among the big nations.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Shameful behaviour by covert racists.

    Posted 5 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Does Islam preach racism? Why are these so-called Islamic parties against the ICERD? Perhaps it is because they are in reality Malay-superiority rather than Islamic parties.

    Posted 5 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Fear God and fear of losing God are clearly seen marked on the foreheads of different people.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • All this disharmony race n religion problem is bcoz the NON MALAY gave the Malay 25 years to Progress 25 years is pretty long time to progress it make one generation gap in 25 years . NON MALAY LENIENCY BACK FIRED by the Malays

    Posted 5 years ago by Tharan Singh · Reply

  • All this disharmony race n religion problem is bcoz the NON MALAY gave the Malay 25 years to Progress 25 years is pretty long time to progress it make one generation gap in 25 years . NON MALAY LENIENCY BACK FIRED by the Malays

    Posted 5 years ago by Tharan Singh · Reply

  • If All races can be MALAYSIAN no race religion problem. Every Human is FREE to PRACTICE THEIR OWN RELIGION . Afterall the GOAL is ONE That is To Merge with GOD

    Posted 5 years ago by Tharan Singh · Reply