Najib to attend Saturday’s anti-ICERD rally

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 5 Dec 2018 2:44PM · 5 Comments

Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur court complex in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur on November 29. Najib had in a Facebook post yesterday thrown his support behind the rally against the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and urged all Malaysians to support it. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, December 5, 2018.

NAJIB Razak will be attending the rally against the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

According to Kamaruzaman Mohamad, the programme director for the gathering, the former prime minister will speak at the rally in Dataran Merdeka.

He said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, PKR president Anwar Ibrahim and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa are also welcome to participate.

“We welcome anyone who wants to attend and listen to the views of the people,” he was quoted as saying at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

The former prime minister had in a Facebook post yesterday thrown his support behind the rally and urged all Malaysians to support it.

He said he hoped the rally at Dataran Merdeka would be peaceful.

“I hope this peaceful rally will keep to the law. Let us not get emotional when we speak.

“Let us show them that we are a civil group and strong in our unity,” he said in the post.

The protest, led by opposition parties Umno and PAS and Malay rights group Perkasa, will be held on Jalan Raja, opposite the Sultan Abdul Samad building and Dataran Merdeka from 2pm to 6pm on Saturday.

Right-wing Malay groups, including PAS and Umno leaders, have been pushing for the rally to go on despite Putrajaya backtracking on its pledge to ratify ICERD.

They say ratifying ICERD will erode Malay special privileges and the position of Islam as the country’s official religion.  

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi also warned that Malays would run amok if the government ratified ICERD.

Only 14 countries, including Malaysia, North Korea, Brunei and Myanmar, have not ratified ICERD. – December 5, 2018.

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Comments

  • What is a kleptocrat have in common with special rights to discriminate against other races? What happened to 1Malaysia?

    Posted 7 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • For sure TDM will bring in crowds if TDM attends the rally. But Najib? Let's hope he will not drive anyone away.

    Posted 7 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Excellent news. Najib's presence will confirm the protest's lack of credibility and its connivance with thieves.

    Posted 7 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • A traitor who stole and sold off the country is going to attend a rally against traitors. How ironic. Still it's bodoh leading the bodoh.

    Posted 7 years ago by Jackal Way · Reply

  • Let him. This could be his last public appearance before being incarcerated for life.

    Posted 7 years ago by Simple Sulaiman · Reply