The people have spoken, says Najib of anti-ICERD rally

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 9 Dec 2018 10:16AM · 12 Comments

Former prime minister Najib Razak (centre) and his wife Rosmah Mansor (in background) take the LRT to the anti-ICERD rally at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, December 9, 2018.

YESTERDAY’s rally against the elimination of racial discrimination was a huge success as it conveyed the wishes of all Malaysians, said former prime minister Najib Razak.

He said Malaysians had gathered peacefully yesterday to say no to ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).

“We have sent a clear message to the Pakatan Harapan government.

“Malaysians want their rights and unity protected, to respect each other and carry on with the 1Malaysia principle,” he said on Facebook.
 
He said the unity of the Muslims and Malaysians was a historic even
 
“Rise and defend,” he said in another post.

Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor participated in the rally yesterday which saw about 55,000 people in attendance.

Organised by Muslim NGOs, and supported by Umno and PAS, the rally was originally planned to object the government’s decision to oppose the ratification of the convention. However it was turned into a thanksgiving gathering after the government made backed down.

Those objecting to ICERD say the convention is anti-Malay, anti-Islam and anti-Malay rulers. – December 9, 2018.

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  • Millions spoke by not attending....

    Posted 5 years ago by KC Yip · Reply

    • Doesn't this rather small rally highlight the shortcomings of the previous BN govt in being unable to uplift the large no. of bumiputra have-nots factse of re7smock greed, etc?..

      Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • Words from the stupid xpm.

    Posted 5 years ago by Azis Yusoff · Reply

  • Malaysians?.........it is the Disillusion Malay Muslims!!!

    Posted 5 years ago by Azis Yusoff · Reply

  • Podahlah pekan lanun. We had spoken on May 9.

    Posted 5 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply

  • Never what you are going to say. The 1MDB court case will ensure that you will stay in jail for the next 1,000 years.

    Posted 5 years ago by Jackal Way · Reply

  • Wish you did not steal and ruin the nation and cause BN to lose.But you did and thank God for that.

    Posted 5 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • The mutes spoke

    Posted 5 years ago by Watchdog Watchdog · Reply

  • The people has indeed spoken, some 55,000 of them to be more exact and many were not even sure what icerd was all about.

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • 55,000 thats only 0.2% of the Malaysian population has spoken. The rally has failed miserably to garner support of the Muslims in Malaysia. In other words it has failed so very badly. So please dont gloat..

    Posted 5 years ago by Lily Cheong · Reply

  • BTW...we spoke on 9th May....

    Posted 5 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • Nothing was spoken. The only thing spoken with emptiness was by you Najib. You thoroughly have no standing even to speak. Do not use and play the rakyat sentiments to gain mileage. Your soul itself is beyond redemption and how can you voice out what is right and wrong. You are a misfit and what the country is undergoing the changes, do not have you in the equations. You may have enormous wealth that was plundered from your own rakyat and hide it somewhere else but you do not really have the happiness and time to spend it like any ordinary person who struck a windfall. You have to serve time on all the charges with the shame and guilt feelings where loneliness will overwhelm you with wretched feelings like a pariah discarded and forgotten.If you are lucky and mercy shown on you, a quick farewell thru the gallows will be more welcoming rather than the long wait in the slammers which will drive you crazy. Well we can't say much more but -----You reap what you sow.

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply