Overview

• On July 14, Amanah, PKR Youth and PAS Youth delivered formal protest memoranda to the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
• They urged the foreign ministry to refuse Adams’s nomination under provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
• Parties criticized Adams’s history of Islamophobic and pro-Zionist remarks as incompatible with Malaysia’s Muslim-majority identity and support for Palestinian rights.
• Observers warn the nomination favors political patronage over diplomatic expertise and breaks with a tradition of appointing career diplomats in Kuala Lumpur.
• The government has not yet responded to the protests, leaving the future of Adams’s appointment uncertain.