MAHATHIR WAITS & WATCHES – AS DEFIANT ZAHID VOWS UMNO WILL ATTEND DEC 8 RALLY ‘EN MASSE’: WHILE ANWAR STARTS TO SUSPECT SOMETHING’S AMISS – ‘IT IS ILLOGICAL, THIS RALLY HAS NO BASIS, WHAT’S GOING ON’
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today questioned the faith of Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah for wanting the government to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd).
In his speech during an Umno programme in Kuala Lumpur, Zahid said the issue of Icerd was not political but about defending provisions enshrined in the country’s constitution.
“And more, the Foreign Minister, (he) defended (the ratification plan) because of Reformasi movement.
“Eh, are you a Muslim? This is not about politics, it’s not. We are only asking for what had been enshrined in the constitution to be defended. Isn’t that right?” he said in the Turun Padang programme with Federal Territories (FT) Umno at the Putra World Trade Centre.
Zahid’s remarks were received with loud cheers from the several hundreds Umno members in attendance.
Right before rebuking Saifuddin, Zahid had trained his gun to the de facto national unity minister P. Waythamoorthy, whom the Umno president described as a “minister of disunity rather than unity”.
Branding Waythamoorthy as being the “dalang” (culprit) behind the issue of Icerd, Zahid also sarcastically questioned the minister’s action of bringing an outsider to the Parliament during his swearing-in ceremony in July.
“In this situation, do not forget that there was a culprit behind it (Icerd). For the swearing-in ceremony in Parliament, there is a dress code. I am not trying to stop anyone, but why does (he) want to bring an outsider?
“Who does he want to ‘mandrem‘ (cast black magic) to? I am not mentioning names here… I don’t. But Najib (Razak) appointed him as a deputy minister, but later he resigned.
“Now he was appointed as a unity minister. But he is actually the minister of disunity,” he said.
In his speech, Zahid also said that Umno appreciated the government’s decision to not ratify the convention.
He added that this was why the party members and supporters would still attend the planned Dec 8 rally against Icerd.
“We want to express our thankfulness to the government who decided to reject Icerd ratification.
“And on this basis we will attend the rally en masse to deliver our appreciation,” he said.
‘Naughty’ to go ahead with anti-ICERD rally, says Anwar
GEORGE TOWN: PKR’s Anwar Ibrahim has questioned the move by several Malay groups and political parties to go ahead with a rally next month to protest ICERD, despite Putrajaya’s decision yesterday not to ratify the global anti-discrimination treaty.
The PKR chief said the rally, being backed by Umno and PAS to protest a proposal for Malaysia to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), was now a “naughty political gimmick”.
Anwar also questioned an excuse given by organisers that they wished to thank the government for backing down on signing ICERD.
“I think it is illogical. I have held many rallies. We had gathered in the name of principles, to repeal the Internal Security Act, to demand clean elections, to fight injustice, but this, this rally has no principles.
He said the decision by the government not to ratify ICERD out of concerns for national security.
“You see, my position was that you should deliberate on this at length and then postpone it in the process. We want to focus on governance and building institutions first.
“We are not to take an apologetic and defensive line against discrimination. We are committed to a policy that rejects discriminatory practices,” he said.
He said the government would continue to engage with civil society.
“I am sure people appreciate the complexities of this issue,” he said.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister’s Office said the government would not ratify ICERD, saying it was committed to the “social contract” was agreed upon by representatives of all races.
Critics had said ratifying ICERD would undermine the special position of the Malays, including provisions to allow quotas in public institutions, as spelt out in Article 153 of the Federal Constitution.
Earlier, Anwar and Australian lawyer Mark Trowell spoke at a forum at the GLTF, moderated by festival director Bernice Chauly. – FREE MALAYSIA TODAY
MKINI / FREE MALAYSIA TODAY
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