The polemics surrounding the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd) should not distract the government's focus on more pressing issues, according to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim.

He said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and him believe that the issue must be explained to the people in order to negate the perception that the elites would make a decision on Icerd without involving them...