Parti Keadilan Regrets UN Envoy's Dismissal by BN Government

Parti Keadilan Rakyat regrets the decision by Najib's government to dismiss its serving envoy to the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors for voting against a censure resolution against Iran. The decision is clearly a result of pressure applied on Malaysia by the US government as it steps up its efforts to isolate both politically and through economic sanction.


The removal of veteran diplomat Ambassador Mohd Arshad Manzoor Hussain for voting alongside Cuba and Venezuela is particularly unfortunate as the latter has enjoyed a long and distinguished career and has privately maintained that he believed he was voting in accordance with the established principles of the Non-Aligned Movement of which Malaysia is a committed member.


The dismissal is unprecedented and sent a signal to the international that Malaysia has compromised our diplomatic independence. We call on PM Najib Razak to make a public stand whether Malaysia has abandoned our non-aligned principle and submit our national sovereignty to the wills of world superpowers.


LATHEEFA KOYA
Information Chief
Parti Keadilan Rakyat


Keadilan Kesal Dengan Pemecatan Duta Malaysia ke PBB oleh Kerajaan BN

Penyingkiran diplomat veteran Duta Mohd Arshad Manzoor Hussain kerana beliau mengundi bersama-sama Cuba dan Venezuela merupakan peristiwa yang cukup malang. Beliau telah melalui suatu kerjaya khidmat yang panjang dan terkenal dengan ketokohannya.

Secara peribadi, beliau mempertahankan tindakannya mengundi itu seiring dengan prinsip-prinsip yang diangkat dalam Gerakan Negara-negara Berkecuali, yang mana selama ini Malaysia merupakan anggotanya yang cukup bersungguh-sungguh sekali iltizamnya.

Pemecatan ini belum pernah lagi terjadi. Ia menghantar isyarat kepada dunia bahawa kerajaan Malaysia telah menjual kemerdekaan diplomatik rakyatnya. PKR menggesa PM Najib Razak untuk mengisytiharkan pendirian kepada umum, samada Malaysia telah membuang prinsip negara berkecuali dan menyerahkan kedaulatan negara kepada kehendak serta keinginan kuasa besar dunia.

LATHEEFA KOYA

Ketua Penerangan

Parti Keadilan Rakyat