The former academic claims certain leaders bring up race, religion to strengthen their own position.
Elements of race and religion were injected into Putrajaya's ratification of the Rome Statute by certain leaders to solidify their own position, said academic-turned-politician Syed Husin Ali.
The former Parti Rakyat Malaysia president, who led the party to a merger with Parti Keadilan Nasional to form PKR, said as a result, such leaders used the issue to solidify both their position as well as the royalty. However, Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim had argued otherwise, saying that it would affect the position of the monarch, Malays and Islam.
Syed Husin said Mahathir's friction with the royalty was not new and even Umno founder Onn Jaafar had friction with the palace.
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