The former PM replies to AG's statement over the ratification of the Rome treaty.
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak today acknowledged that the previous BN government had discussed ratifying the Rome Statute but said it did not materialise for a reason.
"I do not deny that under the BN government when I was the prime minister, we discussed about the Rome Statute. "That was because the BN government took heed of the attorney-general's advice at the time that it could violate the Federal Constitution and national laws," he said in a Facebook statement today.Najib said the BN's deliberation on the issue was in contrast to Harapan which publicised the matter but was later forced to make a U-turn.
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