Human rights group: Royals should stay out of gov’t policies

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This is because rulers are not elected, says Human Rights Watch Asia deputy director. 

The royal institution in Malaysia should remain outside of politics and, as such, should not be involved in ruling and in government policies, international NGO Human Rights Watch has said.

As such, said HRW Asia deputy director Phil Robertson, the rulers should “remain above politics and should not be making governing policies”. These include federal policies such as Putrajaya’s decisions to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - both of which have since been reversed - as well as state-level affairs including the appointment of the new Johor menteri besar., that the sultan is not elected, and that an election has consequences. The...

 

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In Islam, nepotism is illegal. That being the case, how can Zaid Ibrahim claim that Malay Rulers have role to play in Islam if Malay Rulers keep passing their jobs to their children, grandchildren and their relatives?

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