Jaga BERSIH
Just a word of caution to the leaders marshalling the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH).
It appears that BERSIH's November 10 Rally is being spun as a Parti Keadilan Rakyat event, so as to paint the party with a broadstroke, smearing it as street-fighting rowdies of the reformasi days, or instigators of the bloody Batu Buruk Incident.
We need to correct this. Wrong perception may allow the authorities to justify their actions later.
BERSIH is a congregation of 26 NGOs and 5 Opposition political parties from Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak. People must know that.
We must tell the people that wearing of yellow on November 10 indicates the solidarity towards the common cause: We are all for a free and fair electoral system that commensurates with democracy.
Alert Amnesty International to present themselves for a live witness, if necessary.
Comments
Apart from Amnesty International, get Freedom House and Human Rights Watch to send observers too! Do not forget about the strong probablity of them sending in agents provocateurs like other occassions in the past.
Take care and good luck. My hopes and prayers go with you all!
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November 3, 2007 09:22 AM