Pilihanraya PRU12 - al Jazeera 101 East
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Bersih rancang himpunan ke 2 pada Feb 23
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Bersih mengenal pasti tiga tempat iaitu Dataran Merdeka, Stadium Merdeka atau Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil - sebagai tempat perhimpunan, pada 23 Februari depan.
Perhimpunan yang bertemakan Pesta Rakyat 'Jom Bersih' itu sebagai menyahut saranan pemimpin kerajaan supaya mengadakan perhimpunan mengikut peraturan dan saluran.
Malaysiakini melaporkan, Jurucakap Bersih, Mohd Anuar Tahir berkata, sebelum ini Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Timbalannya, Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak dan Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan menggesa Bersih mengadakan perhimpunan di Stadium Nasional, Bukit Jalil.
"Bersih menyahut saranan tersebut. Kita akan membuat permohonan kepada Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) untuk mendapatkan kelulusan menggunakan salah satu tempat tersebut.
"Dan kita menjangka perhimpunan kali ini berjaya mengumpul lebih ramai dari perhimpunan pertama 10 November lalu kerana ia perhimpunan rakyat.
"Mengikut rekod Bersih, kira-kira 130,000 orang dari seluruh negara akan berkumpul di Kuala Lumpur sebagai menyokong perhimpunan pada tarikh tersebut," katanya dalam sidang media di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor (SCAH), semalam.
Sementara itu, Pengarah Pusat Penyelidikan PAS, Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad, yang ditemui Harakahdaily berkata Bersih akan membuat permohonan permit bagi tujuan tersebut secepat mungkin.
Sebelum ini, Bersih telah menganjurkan perhimpunan rakyat pada 10 Nov lalu, yang dirancang bermula di Dataran Merdeka ke Istana Negara sebagai menuntut perubahan dalam pilihan raya di negara dengan mengemukakan empat tuntutan.
Bersih menuntut SPR membersihkan senarai daftar pemilih daripada 'pengundi hantu', penggunaan dakwat kekal bagi mengelakkan pengundian berulang, penghapusan undi pos dan capaian media yang lebih adil kepada semua parti politik.
Malaysia bukan negara polis - Pak Lah
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Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi raised the country`s expectations for reform when he took office in 2003He is not only weak, but..
Rakyat diajak segera ganti kerajaan tidak bertamadun
PutraJaya, Reuters, Dec 12 - Malaysia denied on Wednesday it was a police state, despite launching the biggest crackdown on anti-government activists in a decade.
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told Reuters the government was merely trying to ensure public safety in enforcing a blanket ban on street protests that has prompted opposition groups to accuse it of political repression ahead of a possible early election.
"We have never been a police state," he said in an interview in his office in the sprawling the administrative capital of Putrajaya.
"To say Malaysia is heading into a police state is an untrue statement and is an exaggeration, especially under our current PM. He is very careful, open and transparent. I think there is a limit to everything."
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi raised the country's expectations for reform when he took office in 2003, vowing to fight corruption and usher in more transparent, open government.
Four years later, frustrations at the slow progress of his reform agenda, coupled with discontent over rising living costs, have boiled over into the biggest street protests in nine years.
More than 20,000 people defied riot police and took to the streets of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in two separate protests over the past five weeks, on issues that chimed with the clamour for reform: fairer politics and more equal race relations.
The last major rally, staged by more than 10,000 ethnic Indians complaining of racial discrimination, drew world attention, particularly from India, whose prime minister voiced sympathy for the plight of the Indian diaspora in Malaysia.
Syed Hamid, who now has the job of explaining Malaysia's actions to the world, said the government tolerated criticism but street protests risked public security and stability.
"You have to distinguish between riotous behaviour and open and transparent discussion," he said. "There is no problem with open and transparent discussion."
RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR
He also showed irritation at a media report that the U.S. State Department had also expressed criticism of the crackdown.
"If you look at every developed country, they don't tolerate riotous behaviour," he said, citing the large deployments of riot police in Western capitals during international summits such as the Asia Pacific Economic Forum and the World Trade Organisation.
"During APEC or WTO meetings, they close up roads in order not to allow demonstrators. We are (doing) nothing more than that."
Washington said Kuala Lumpur should allow freedom of expression and peaceful assemblies.
"We have repeatedly raised with Malaysian authorities our belief that citizens of any country should be allowed to peacefully assemble and express their views," Nancy Beck, U.S. State Department spokeswoman said in a remark originally reported by AFP.
"We also stated in our human rights report our belief that the Malaysian government places significant restrictions on the right to assemble peacefully."
Opposition parties and non-governmental bodies issued a joint statement on Wednesday seeking an urgent meeting with Abdullah to discuss the "recent crises" and press for national unity.
"We intend to purse the agenda of national unity and reconciliation ..., press on with our demands for free and fair elections, and work towards resolving the serious national problems we face," said de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
The risk of street protests turning into riots is a real fear among many Malaysians, particularly those who lived through the last major eruption of racial violence in Kuala Lumpur in 1969.
Hundreds died in those riots between ethnic Malays, who make up most of the population, and ethnic Chinese. The current prime minister played a leading role in the immediate aftermath of that crisis to find a political solution to the racial troubles.
But the opposition accuses Abdullah now of using public order and the memory of 1969 as an excuse to stifle peaceful dissent.
In seeking to protect public security, police moved last weekend in the early morning to halt an annual human-rights march by just 60 people in the near-deserted streets of Kuala Lumpur.
Syed Hamid accused Anwar, sacked and jailed after he fell out with the then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1998, of instigating and organising the protests.
"When you start to instigate and you start to throw aspersion that can cause people to get emotional ... to organise demonstrations is not good. We have been very tolerant of him."
Labels: Bersih, Hindraf, Judiciary, Malaysia, Pak Lah, Polis
Berita TV3 tidak betul, Mohamad Sabu beri taklimat di Taman Melewar malam tadi
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Beliau menjelaskan penangkapan 'operasi padam' sedang dijalankan untuk menakut dan memadam semangat rakyat dari menuntut keadilan.
Antara pimpinan yang hadir. Sdr Mohd Sabu membelakangi kamera.
Ceramah dimulai dengan ulasan oleh Sdr Mahfuz Omar
Diikuti oleh Sdr Hanipa
Sdr Mohamad Sabu memberi taklimat dan penerangan
Diakhiri dengan doa munajat kepada Allah swt oleh Ust Ahmad AwangLabels: Bersih, BN, ISA, Malaysia, Mohamad Sabu
Iringi Mohamad Sabu di mahkamah Jalan Duta pagi in
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Ketua Pemuda PAS, Salahuddin Ayub menyeru semua pihak supaya menghantar sebanyak-banyak mesej pesanan ringkas (SMS) kepada saudara-mara dan rakan-rakan bagi memastikan kehadiran masing-masing untuk mengiringi mereka yang akan didakwa itu.
"Kita penuhi sekitar mahkamah Jalan Duta pagi ini bagi mengiringi sahabat dan rakan kita yang akan didakwa," katanya.
Ketua Penerangan PAS, Haji Mahfuz Omar pula menyeru semua ahli dan penyokong berkumpul seawal mungkin di mahkamah Jalan Duta dengan memakai t-shirt Bersih atau sekurang-kurangnya baju kuning.
"Mohamad Sabu, Tia Chua dan lain-lain ditahan semata-mata kerana menuntut pilihan raya yang adil dan bersih. Hari ini, kita buktikan solidariti kita dengan mereka. Pastikan kehadiran kita untuk mengiringi mereka dengan memakai t-shirt Bersih atau sekurang-kurangnya baju kuning," tegas beliau.
Mohamad Sabu ditangkap pihak polis di Plaza Tol Bukit Tambun, Seberang Perai Selatan, kira-kira pukul 8.45 malam tadi.
Sebelum itu, beliau dikepung oleh kira-kira enam buah kereta peronda polis berdekatan Sunway City di Ipoh ketika dalam perjalanan membawa rombongan perkahwinan anak perempuannya menuju ke rumah pengantin lelaki.
Setelah peguam Asmuni Awi yang juga Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat berunding dengan polis yang mengepungnya, Pengarah Jawatankuasa Perhimpunan Aman Rakyat anjuran Bersih 10 November lalu itu telah dibenarkan pulang ke Butterworth dengan diiringi konvoi polis dan diminta menyerah diri di balai polis di sana.
Sebaik tiba di Plaza Tol Bukit Tambun, keluarga dan rakan-rakan yang mengiringi Mohamad Sabu berusaha menyekat polis dari menangkap beliau.
Bagaimanapun, dengan menggunakan kekerasan, polis pencegah rusuhan (FRU) berjaya memecahkan sekatan keluarga dan rakan-rakan Mohamad Sabu.
Oleh kerana beliau enggan turun dari keretanya, polis memecahkan cermin kereta Mohamad Sabu, merentap beliau bersama tiga yang lain di dalam kereta itu, digari seperti penjenayah lalu dipaksa ke IPD Seberang Perai Selatan.
Setelah mengetahui penangkapan itu, lebih seribu penyokong berhimpun di sekitar ibu pejabat polis daerah itu. Kira-kira separuh dari mereka ialah penyokong-penyokong berbangsa India.
Tidak lama selepas itu, Mohamad Sabu dipercayai dibawa ke Kuala Lumpur untuk dibicarakan pagi ini.
Tian Chua pula telah ditangkap oleh Ketua Inspektor Koh Fei Chew dari Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, Bukit Aman di Pejabat Suaram di Johor Bahru, jam 5:15 petang semalam.
Kedua-dua mereka dipercayai ditangkap di bawah Seksyen 27(5)(a) Akta Polis.
Labels: Bersih, BN, ISA, Malaysia, Mohamad Sabu
Mohamad Sabu sah ditangkap di Seberang Perai, dibawa ke Bukit Aman
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KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Dis, 12:25 am (Hrkh) - Selepas melalui proses yang cukup mendebarkan sejak jam 3 petang semalam, akhirnya Naib Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu disahkan berjaya ditangkap pihak polis di Plaza Tol Bukit Tambun, Seberang Perai Selatan, kira-kira pukul 8.45 malam tadi.
Beliau kemudiannya dibawa ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Seberang Perai Selatan, di Jawi, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, untuk tindakan lanjut.
Difahamkan, semasa berhenti di plaza tol berkenaan, pihak keselamatan cuba melakukan kekerasan, dengan mengugut untuk memecahkan cermin kereta apabila Mohamad Sabu dan rombongannya yang diiringi polis dari Ipoh, Perak enggan "menyerah".
Ketika Mohamad Sabu dibawa ke IPD Nibong Tebal, hampir 1,000 orang penyokong dan pemimpin PAS sekitar Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Kedah sudah berkumpul di sana. Sepasukan FRU, membabitkan lebih 100 anggita juga dikerah untuk mengawal keadaan.
Tanpa menunggu lama, Naib Presiden PAS itu kemudiannya segera dibawa keluar dengan sebuah kereta Proton Wira, dipercayai ke Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. Beliau yang duduk di kerusi belakang kereta itu, kelihatan diapit oleh dua anggota polis berpakaian preman, jam 10.30 malam.
Mohamad Sabu cuba ditahan polis dalam perjalanan pulang ke Pulau Pinang, berdekatan Sunway City, Tambun, Perak, sebaik sahaja selesai menghadiri kenduri kahwin anak perempuannya di rumah pengantin lelaki lebih kurang jam 3 petang semalam. Dipercayai beliau ditahan di bawah Akta Polis, Seksyen 27(5)(a), ekoran perhimpunan aman anjuran Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih) di hadapan Istana Negara, 10 November lalu.
Labels: Bersih, BN, ISA, Malaysia, Mohamad Sabu
9 Disember - Tangkapan besar-besaran bermula
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Update 9.15 pm: Mohamad Sabu akhirnya ditangkap, kata Ketua Penerangan PAS, Haji Mahfuz Omar yang menerima panggilan telefon dari peguam yang mengiringi Mohamad Sabu ke Butterworth, Asmuni Awi. Asmuni memberitahu, polis mahu memecahkan kereta Mohamad Sabu (Naza Ria) untuk menangkapnya di Tol Bukit Tambun.
Apabila saya menelefon Kassim, adik Mohamad Sabu, isterinya memberitahu, polis akhirnya menunda atau menarik (towing) kereta yang dinaiki Mohamad Sabu ke balai polis. Mohamad Sabu tetap enggan turun. Kassim tidak dapat menjawab panggilan telefon kerana sedang memandu. Beliau ditugaskan membawa balik saudara-mara perempuan ke Guar Petai.
Update 8.37 pm: Masih di Tol Bukit Tambun. Kak Normah menghantar SMS menyatakan saudara-mara dan rakan-rakan yang mengiringi mereka sedang berusaha membawa Mohamad Sabu balik Guar Petai. FRU sudah datang. Mohamad Sabu enggan keluar dari keretanya.
Kassim memberitahu, polis sedang berusaha untuk menarik atau menunda kereta yang dinaiki abangnya. Kak Normah pula menelefon dan menyatakan rasa tidak puas hatinya terhadap tindakan polis. "Polis apa ni? Akta apa ni?" katanya. Kedengaran suara Kak Timah (kakak Mohamad Sabu) mengamuk.
Update 8.25 pm: Walaupun polis mengepung Mohamad Sabu di Tol Bukit Tambun, tetapi masih belum dapat ditangkap. Lebih kurang 13 kereta (menurut Mohd Nasir Mustafa yang berada di sana) saudara-mara dalam rombongan pengantin perempuan ke Ipoh tadi dan juga rakan-rakan dari Ipoh mengepung kereta Mohamad Sabu dan menyukarkan polis bertindak untuk menangkap beliau. Kesemua adik-beradik Mohamad Sabu sedang bersama-samanya. Sementera itu di rumahnya di Guar Petai, para penyokong PAS mula berhimpun dan menanti arahan.
Update 7.50 pm: Baru menelefon Kak Normah, isteri Mohamad Sabu. Tidak seperti sepatutnya, konvoi polis yang mengiringi Mohamad Sabu dari Ipoh ke Butterworth tidak melalui Tol Juru, tetapi mengambil jalan yang melalui Tol Bukit Tambun. Menurut Mohd Nasir, besar kemungkinan polis mahu menangkap Mohamad Sabu di Butterworth. Mungkin salinan asal waran tangkap ada dengan polis Butterworth. Setakat ini, masih tersangkut di tol Bukit Tambun.
Labels: Bersih, BN, ISA, Majlis Peguam, Malaysia
Kaitkan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Memang Tindakan Terdesak, Kata Abdullah
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 11:40 PM.
Desperate? Antara adil dan zolim, antara pahala dan dosa, setiap langkah dikira, apatah lagi pemimpin. Pak Lah?
Perdana Menteri berkata pihak terbabit membuat dakwaan itu untuk meraih sokongan rakyat bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-12 yang bakal diadakan pada bila-bila masa.
Bagaimanapun, beliau berkata tembelang pihak terbabit pecah kerana Yang di-Pertuan Agong dan Istana Negara, tidak pernah memberi perkenan atau menyokong perhimpunan haram itu.
"(Seri Paduka) Baginda sudah buat kenyataan yang jelas dan tegas dalam hal ini. (Seri Paduka) Baginda tidak perkenan apa-apa tindakan yang diambil yang kaitkan nama (Seri Paduka) Baginda.
"Apabila kaitkan nama raja (Yang di-Pertuan Agong dalam hal perhimpunan haram itu) ini merupakan satu tindakan yang memang terdesak," katanya kepada pemberita selepas melawat Taman Tamadun Islam (TTI) di Pulau Wan Man dekat sini.
Abdullah turut diiringi isteri, Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah. Turut melawat TTI ialah Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh dan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin.
Dalam satu kenyataan pada Jumaat, Yang di-Pertuan Agong melahirkan rasa kesal Seri Paduka terhadap pihak tertentu yang mendakwa baginda memberi perkenan dan menyokong perhimpunan itu yang dianjurkan oleh sebuah badan dikenali BERSIH dan disokong parti-parti pembangkang.
Seri Paduka yang amat kecewa dengan penganjuran perhimpunan haram itu menegaskan, baginda dan Istana Negara tidak pernah pada bila-bila masa memperkenan atau memberikan apa-apa sokongan secara langsung atau tidak langsung kepada mana-mana pihak yang menganjurkan atau terlibat dalam perhimpunan itu.
Organisers Of Illegal Rally Should Be Punished - Mohd Ali
He said action should be taken against them not only for organising the rally but also for attempting to drag the royal institution into their antics.
"They should apologise to Malaysians," he told reporters here today.
Mohd Ali was commenting on reports saying that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin was unhappy over claims by certain parties that he and the Palace had backed the illegal rally.
The King said this in a statement issued by the Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Wan Mohd Safiain Wan Hasan yesterday.
Describing the organisers as "power crazy" and "irresponsible", Mohd Ali said their action in holding the gathering had created chaos and anxieties.
Labels: Bersih, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
Tak perlu rombak sistem pilihanraya - Nazri
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No need to revamp election system, says Nazri
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 - The Malaysian election system does not need institutional reform as it has worked well for the country for 50 years.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said that while there was room for improvement, it would be incorrect to say the system was unfair.
He was replying to a question posed by satellite channel Al Jazeera’s anchor Teymoor Nabili of the 101 East Programme where he was one of three panelists invited to discuss last Saturday’s illegal assembly in the city.
The other panellists were Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin and human rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.
The 30-minute programme on Thursday night discussed the issue, including the media’s handling of it.
Mohd Nazri said a similar rally in Terengganu in September had descended into violence.
“So, you cannot blame the police for thinking that this (Saturday’s gathering) was going to end up the same way,” he added.
Nazri said changes made by the Election Commission had shown that the Government listened to issues raised by the people.
However, he said, not every issue or grouse voiced (by the people) was necessarily right.
“We have a system here ... if you have a grouse, channel it to the ballot box. We have an election every five years or less ... at the end of the day, we will decide and you must never underestimate the will of the people,” added Nazri.
Khairy also said the gathering could not be used as a barometer of the general sentiment of the public.
MCA Youth vice-chairman Chew Kok Woh urged Al Jazeera to spend more time talking to Malaysians as it was new to the country.
He said the size of last week’s protest was significantly small compared with the time when Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sacked from Umno. – Bernama
Labels: Bersih, BN, Malaysia, Pilihanraya, Umno
10-Eleven - Himpunan Aman via 101 East
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Watch Nazri, KJ and Malik Imtiaz on 101 East here:
Part 1 - 101 East- Malaysia protest - Part 1
Part 2 - 101 East- Malaysia protest - Part 2
Airs on Thursday November 15, 2007.Lihat juga komentar di screenshots and rocky's bru.
Labels: Bersih, BN, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
Malaysia tolak permintaan menyiasat kekerasan keatas himpunan aman
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 11:19 PM.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Nov 15 - Malaysia's foreign minister Thursday rejected calls by an international human rights group for an investigation into the use of tear gas and police force against a rare opposition-backed rally for electoral reforms.
The appeal by New York-based Human Rights Watch came as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi praised police action to break up the demonstration, which had been declared illegal. Malaysian law prohibits public gathering of five or more people without a police permit.
Saturday's rally was the biggest political demonstration in Malaysia in nearly a decade. Organizers said 30,000 people took part while the police put the number at 4,000. The last time so many people poured into the streets was in September 1998 when supporters of former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim protested his dismissal from the Cabinet and ruling party by then-leader Mahathir Mohamad.
Human Rights Watch said police kicked and beat at least seven people, and dozens of those detained were denied legal counsel. Police released all of those detained after taking their statements. Police did not immediately respond to these allegations.
Human Rights Watch urged the government to set up an independent commission to probe the use of chemical-laced water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators. Police also detained 245 people.
«If there was any doubt that the prime minister is more worried about political power than political rights, it was washed away with his defense of police actions against the marchers,» Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
Abdullah's remark was «as good as saying outright that he condoned violence against political critics. He should rectify this impression by immediately calling for a Royal Commission to independently examine the facts,» Adams said.
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said democracy mustn't be equated with lawlessness and told foreign rights groups to butt out, national news agency Bernama reported.
«Malaysia will govern the country in its own way. You still have to abide by the law, so I don't think any ... human rights body can tell other countries what it should do,» he was quoted as saying.
An aide to Syed Hamid confirmed his comments but couldn't provide further details.
Other government leaders have also defended police action, saying tear gas and water cannons were used as a last report after the crowd ignored warnings to disperse.
The rally was organized by some 70 non-governmental organizations and opposition parties, which demanded the removal of phantom voters from electoral rolls, a crackdown on government workers using absentee ballots, access to state-controlled media by all political parties, and an end to vote-buying and other irregularities.
The government has denied election irregularities, saying electoral rolls have been cleaned up and that the polling system was transparent. Malaysia's Parliament is dominated by the ruling National Front coalition while opposition parties make up a small minority.
Labels: Bersih, BN, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
Kemerdekaan negara ini bermula dengan demonstrasi
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 10:36 PM.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov (Hrkh) -Kemerdekaan negara ini bermula dengan demonstrasi demi demonstrasi yang digerakkan oleh para pejuang kemerdekaan, kata Ahli Parlimen Pendang, Dr Hayati Othman.
Sambil menolak dakwaan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi kononnya perhimpunan aman rakyat bukan cara Malaysia, Dr Hayati berkata sejarah merakamkan dengan terang dan jelas bahawa para pemimpin Umno sendiri berdemonstrasi menentang penjajahan British termasuk Malayan Union.
"Ketika menentang Malayan Union, Allahyarham Datuk Onn Jaafar sendiri memimpin demonstrasi menentang Malayan Unnion dan beliau adalah antara pengasas Umno malah Presiden Umno yang pertama," katanya.
Di samping gerakan-gerakan perjuangan yang lain, demonstrasi demi demonstrasi yang bermula ketika penentangan Malayan Union itulah yang merintis jalan ke arah kemerdekaan negara ini.
"Kalau tidak kerana demonstrasi demi demonstrasi, mungkin negara ini tidak mencapai kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos 1957," katanya.
Beliau kesal dengan Perdana Menteri dan pengampu-pengampunya yang bercakap "ikut sedap mulut" tanpa membuat kajian.
"Kerana cakap ikut sedap mulut itu, ada blogger yang menyifatkan Perdana Menteri dan menghina Onn," katanya.
Blogger Amin Iskandar (aminiskandar.wordpress.com) menyatakan: "Pak Lah yang diketahui umum dikawal oleh menantunya telah menghina pengasas Umno, Dato Onn Jaafar. Kenyataan Pak Lah yang mengatakan bahawa demonstrasi jalanan bukan budaya Malaysia dan Umno adalah satu fakta yang salah.
"Perdana Menteri kelima itu telah menidakkan peranan “Demonstrasi Jalanan†yang dipimpin oleh Dato Onn Bin Jaafar (atuk Ketua Pemuda Umno) dalam melawan Malayan Union".
Perdana Menteri mendakwa, demokrasi jalanan "bukan cara kita, bukan cara Malaysia, bukan cara amalan demokrasi Malaysia. Amalan demokrasi jalanan kita tak dapat terima langsung".
Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, bekas Yang Dipertua Persatuan Ulamak Malaysia (PUM), Ustaz Abdul Ghani Shamsudin berkata, berhimpun dan mengadakan demonstrasi, menunjuk perasaan secara aman adalah salah suatu tindakan yang sah dari segi syara' dan undang-undang untuk menyatakan penentangan terhadap kemungkaran.
"Ia suatu pendekatan yang berkesan untuk menyerlahkan pengaruh dan kuasa kebenaran," katanya.
Dengan itu, katanya lagi, orang yang zalim akan kembali sedar menginsafi kesalahan diri mereka.
"Hukum asal berhimpun secara aman dan berdemonstrasi adalah harus .
"Tapi kalau dirujuk kepada ‘Maqasid al Syaria’ah’ ia mungkin menjadi ‘Mandub’ atau sunnah. Malah ia mungkin beralih kepada hukum wajib seandainya tidak ada cara lain untuk menegur dan membetulkan kemungkaran kecuali dengan cara keluar beramai-ramai berhimpun dan berdemonstrasi di padang terbuka atau di jalan raya," kata Abdul Ghani.
Beliau memetik pandangan Syaikh Abdul Rahman Abdul Khaliq yang menyatakan demonstrasi ada disebutkan sebagai salah satu cara yang diambil oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. untuk mengenengahkan kekuatan Islam dan sebagai salah satu cara dakwah.
"Ini berlandaskan hadith bahawa kaum muslimin keluar beramai-ramai setelah Omar mengisytiharkan dirinya menganut agama Islam berdasarkan arahan Rasul dengan dua barisan. Satu barisan diketuai oleh Hamzah r.a. dan satu lagi diketuai oleh Omar.
Labels: Bersih, BN, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
Bersih - Pakai kuning setiap Sabtu
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 10:04 PM.
AFP, Nov 13 - Malaysians were urged to wear yellow every Saturday in a protest against the government, after a rally calling for election reform was suppressed with water cannons and tear gas.
The organisers of last Saturday's rally, which despite heavy rain and a government ban drew 40,000 people in the biggest turnout in a decade, selected yellow as the colour of "people power".
"We are asking everyone nationwide to wear yellow on every Saturday. It can be a yellow cap, a yellow shirt, a yellow ribbon ... just anything yellow," said Syed Azman Syed Nawawi from the opposition Islamic party PAS.
The protest movement, a coalition of opposition parties and civil society groups known as Bersih, is pushing for reforms including a clean-up of the electoral roll and an end to postal votes.
They handed a protest memorandum to the king during the rally and said Tuesday they would also meet the country's nine state sultans to press for reforms.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is expected to call snap polls early next year, has denounced the protesters for involving the king who is highly respected but has a largely ceremonial role and usually stays out of politics.
"We do not want to drag in the king and the sultans but who else can we appeal to," Syed Azman said at a press conference along with other opposition leaders.
"The government and the election commission have turned a deaf ear. So we turn to the king who is the protector of the people and the constitution," he said.
Syed Azman said that four Bersih leaders have been summoned to report to police headquarters on Thursday.
Police have said that 245 people were detained during the protests, although organisers and rights groups say that is an exaggeration and only 36 people were arrested.
Reports said today that the parents of 18 children detained at the rally will be charged with engdangering their children.
"It was an irresponsible act and wrong of the adults to bring children to the rally," police chief Musa Hassan said according to the New Straits Times. - AFP
Himpunan Aman Bersih - Ini pula reaksi BN di Parlimen
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Monday, November 12, 2007 at 11:02 PM.
Nazri: Bersih organisers suffering from 'short circuit'
"There is no other way to describe the move by Bersih and opposition political parties such as Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and DAP for organising and participating in the gathering, he said in reply to a supplementary question from Che Azmi Abdul Rahman (BN-Kuala Nerus) in the Dewan Rakyat (Parliament) today.
"How can we say that there is no fairness? I can understand that if (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim lost the election and said that it was not fair. This is after winning and yet he says it is not fair.
"That is why I say that they are suffering from 'wayar putus' in their head."
Nazri said the gathering was organised by the Opposition as a "smokescreen to their expected loss in the next (general) election".
"They are going to lose, and they are going to lose badly in the next elections," he said.
"So, when they lose later, they can blame the Election Commission for not being fair."
Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur), in a supplementary question, said the demand of Bersih and the opposition parties was serious and did not amount to playing politics.
"This was in regards to the shortcomings of the electoral list and the postal votes which are unfair," he said.
He said the gathering involving thousands showed their commitment to democracy and their love for a just and democratic system.
"Will the government look into the demands and come out with a positive response instead of an irresponsible response?" he asked.
"We can be sympathetic to the protest by the Buddhist monks in Myanmar. Here, why are they afraid when it comes to being fair?"
Nazri retorted: "That was an illegal gathering. That is a man who is suffering from 'wayar putus' who is talking and who is irresponsible."
He said that in Myanmar, the Buddhist monks were protesting for the restoration of democracy in a country where the people are being oppressed.
"Here, there is democracy," Nazri said, stressing that the democratic principles in this country are practiced through the electoral process.
"It is unfair for the opposition to drag the King into the picture. Don’t drag the king into the picture," he said
"The King supports us. The rakyat supports us, that is why they (the Opposition) are afraid of facing the upcoming election."
To the original question from Che Azmi, on whether the government will promulgate a law to make it compulsory for all citizens who have reached the age of 21 years to be automatically registered as voters, Nazri said by virtue of Provision12 (2) of the Electoral regulations (Voter Registration) a Malaysian citizen who wishes to register as a voter would need to make an application by filling in Borang A.
"To date, the EC has no intention of changing the law for automatic registration to be implemented, as it is not appropriate to be implemented."
He said this was because a major portion of Malaysian citizens who have moved from their permanent address did not inform the National registration Department of the change.
Labels: Bersih, BN, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
alJazeera - Wawancara Live dgn ZAM (original)
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on at 10:08 PM.
Sebahagian dari komen terawal yang dipetik dari youtube.
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Labels: Bersih, BN, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
Sekitar Himpunan 100-Ribu Bersih 2 - 10 Nov
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 1:38 AM.
Labels: Bersih, Malaysia, Pilihanraya
Bersih tegas berdemo walau tanpa permit
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Thursday, November 01, 2007 at 11:20 PM.
Oleh SALHAN K. AHMAD
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Nov - Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih (Bersih) akan meneruskan program perhimpunan aman pada 10 November di Dataran Merdeka tanpa mendapatkan permit daripada polis, kata pengerusinya Anuar Tahir.
Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) menyatakan perhimpunan aman tidak memerlukan permit, dakwanya.
Anuar berkata gabungan parti pembangkang dan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) itu bagaimanapun tetap mengambil kira saranan Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur supaya memohon permit untuk menjalankan perhimpunan "Gelombang Kuning" itu.
"Kami ikut nasihat Suhakam. Mereka kata kami tidak perlukan permit, kami cuma perlu beritahu polis untuk buat perhimpunan ini," katanya kepada mStar Online ketika ahli jawatankuasa PAS itu ditemui semasa pelancaran program itu di Pasar Seni di sini hari ini.
"Kami telah bertemu (SAC Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin) pada hari ini dan mereka nasihatkan supaya kami isi beberapa borang (permohonan mengadakan perhimpunan umum). Itu kami akan bincangkan semasa mesyuarat jawatankuasa pada malam ini," katanya lagi.
"Kami berharap pihak polis akan membantu kami menjalankan perhimpunan ini dengan aman," katanya, yang juga bekas setiausaha agung PKR.
Dalam sidang media sebelum itu, seorang lagi ahli jawatankuasa tersebut berkata mereka telah merancang langkah-langkah yang perlu untuk untuk memastikan perhimpunan tersebut berjalan dengan aman.
Faisal Mustafa berkata mereka akan menugaskan sekumpulan petugas untuk mengawal trafik di sekitar Dataran Merdeka, dan sepanjang jalan semasa perarakan ke Istana Negara.
"Wakil-wakil daripada Suhakam, Transparency International, Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu dan Majlis Peguam juga akan berada di kawasan itu untuk memastikan hak asasi peserta perhimpunan itu tidak dicabuli," katanya.
Tambahnya, beberapa kumpulan rakyat Malaysia akan turut mengadakan perhimpunan sama di hadapan pejabat pesuruhjaya dan kedutaan Malaysia di beberapa negara pada hari tersebut.
Beliau bagaimanapun enggan mendedahkan kumpulan yang akan menyelaraskan perhimpunan di bandar-bandar tersebut: Seoul, Jakarta, London, New York, Bangkok, Manila dan Brazil.
"Ia mungkin dianggotai oleh rakyat antarabangsa, NGO, pelajar atau rakyat Malaysia prihatin terhadap apa yang kita perjuangkan di sini," katanya.
Terdahulu, naib presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu melancarkan Gelombang Kuning, satu kempen pemakaian warna kuning "bagi menyatakan protes dan bosan terhadap demokrasi yang tinggal hanya 'pada nama' seperti diamalkan di negara ini."
Mohamad, yang juga anggota jawatankuasa Bersih, turut menjelaskan gabungan itu tidak disertai parti-parti komponen Barisan Nasional walaupun pernah diundang.
Sebanyak 67 pertubuhan yang menganggotai Bersih termasuklah parti pembangkang dan NGO.
Perhimpunan 10 November, satu sumbangan besar pada rakyat dan negara
0 Comments Published by TasekPauh Blogspot on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 10:41 PM.
Presiden arah semua ahli PAS sertai Himpunan 100,000 Rakyat
Tips Himpunan Rakyat 10 Nov: Peserta dinasihati berdisiplin, jangan takut!
KUALA TERENGGANU, 31 Okt (Hrkh) - Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Isu PAS Negeri Terengganu, Dato' Ustaz Abu Bakar Chik menyeru seluruh ahli dan penyokong PAS terutama pemuda di negeri ini untuk sama-sama menyertai perhimpunan anjuran Bersih pada 10 November ini di Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.
Katanya, para peserta yang menghadiri perhimpunan aman yang bermula jam 2 petang itu, kemudian akan berarak ke Istana Negara untuk menyerahkan memorandum kepada Yang Di-Pertuan Agong.
Beliau yang Timbalan Pesuruhjaya PAS negeri, berkata semua pimpinan tertinggi PAS yang terdiri daripada Presiden, Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang; timbalannya, Ustaz Nasharudin Mat Isa; Naib-naib Presiden; Setiausaha Agung; Ketua-ketua dewan dan para pemimpin PAS negeri akan hadir pada perhimpunan tersebut.
Sehubungan itu, tambahnya perhimpunan yang dianggarkan disertai 100,000 orang itu menuntut kehadiran rakyat bagi menjayakan tuntutan agar pilihan raya umum akan datang diadakan dalam suasana yang bersih dan adil.
"Rakyat patut sedar bahawa kewajipan mereka memberi sumbangan bagi menjayakan pilihan raya yang adil dan bersih dalam pilihan raya akan datang," ujarnya kepada Harakahdaily ketika ditemui di Pejabat Perhubungan PAS di sini, hari ini.
Menurutnya, menghadiri perhimpunan itu adalah satu kewajipan dan sumbangan besar kepada rakyat dan negara ini.
Labels: Bersih, Pas. BN. Malaysia
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It's good that he went on air to defend the government's position, and all. But he was blabbing away like a lunatic, I'm a Malaysian and definitely acquainted with the Malay accent but even I couldn't understand half of what he's saying.
I must say, I'm rather embarrassed.