Is Putrajaya chicken or a victim? Social media debates Rome Statute U-turn
An three-judge International Criminal Court bench hearing a case in 2017. Malaysia has decided not to accede to the treaty that would make it a party to the ICC. – EPA pic, April 5, 2019.
PUTRAJAYA’S decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute has sparked anger on two fronts on social media – against what appears to be another U-turn by the government, and against those believed to be manipulating the issue for political gain. “Tun Dr. Mahathir chickened out for the second time. First ICERD and now Rome Statute,” said Twitter user Aruna, referring to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racism that Putrajaya also backtracked on ratifying after backlash from Malay-Muslim groups.
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