‘We wanted to but we did not ratify statute’


PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional did indeed look at the possible ratification of the Rome Statute but it decided not to go ahead as they believed it was against the Federal Constitution, says former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Recalling what happened during his tenure, he said: “It is the duty of a responsible government to discuss and consider United Nations conventions.

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