00:00A former minister from PKR has advised anyone commenting on the anti-Anwar Ibrahim rally last weekend to exercise caution in doing so,
00:09saying it could come off as belittling the concerns of the people.
00:13Nick Razmi, Nick Ahmad, who resigned as Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister in May,
00:19gave the example of comments on the rubbish that had to be cleared after the rally.
00:24He said in a post on X that the act of magnifying an issue such as the amount of garbage collected may seem trivial,
00:31but it can be seen as belittling the people's concerns and even sending a message with racial undertones.
00:37He added that while that may not be the intention, politics is about perception.
00:42Nick Razmi's remarks followed a brief uproar in the Dewan Rakyat two days ago
00:47over a claim by Housing and Local Government Minister Ga Ghor Ming that 20 tons of rubbish had to be cleared following the Turin-Anwar rally on July 26.
00:56Nick Razmi said such issues could give rise to sympathy for the organizers
01:00and detract from the openness of the government and the weakness of the opposition's arguments,
01:05adding that these issues would be racialized in order to boo voters.
01:09Nick Hazmi said such issues could reduce municipal
