MP rebuts Saifuddin's attempts to distance himself from Icerd

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A lawmaker has rebutted former foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah's attempts to distance himself from a bid of the Pakatan Harapan government to sign the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd).Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil said Harapan had never discussed ratifying the treaty, adding that it was Saifuddin who got the ball rolling.Saifuddin yesterday said he was not the minister responsible for Icerd after ex-transport minister Anthony Loke said it was the former's idea to ratify the treaty.In a tweet, Fahmi pointed out that Saifuddin had pledged in July 2018 to ratify six human rights conventions that Malaysia had not signed yet.Icerd was one of the six treaties Malaysia had yet to ratify.Responding to this, Saifuddin said he made the pledge as it was in the Harapan manifesto and implied that other ministers were in c…