Khairy believes gov't could have ratified the treaty, but only after 'softening the ground' first.
The Pakatan Harapan government failed to preempt the outcry over its plans to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by not engaging the public, according to Khairy Jamaluddin., the Rembau MP said he believed that the government could have proceeded with its plans to ratify the United Nations treaty, but only with enough prior engagement with the people.
"They could have built a case towards it slowly, but the public heard about it without softening the ground at all," he said, adding that his attempts to warn the government of possible protests were ignored until it was too late. Critics of the move – backed by Umno, PAS and other Malay-Muslim groups – claimed that it would jeopardise the status of Islam as the country's official religion and special bumiputera rights.after a last-minute announcement that the government would back down from its plans to ratify the international instrument., although its proponents have argued for ratification with reservations imposed on several provisions.
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