And of course, the 'video' which Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein promised to be made public a few days after the rally on April 29, is still nowhere to be seen, still 'lying' with a special committee appointed to view it.
About two weeks from now, we will be confronted with a similar rally. 'Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat' (HKR) or People's Uprising Rally on January 12 is expected to draw massive crowd and once again will make Malaysia a center of foreign media.
With or without permit, they will proceed with the rally inside or around the Stadium Merdeka. The city centre will see another massive jam when some roads leading to the venue are closed.
Among the leaders of the rally are activist Hishammuddin Rais and Mat Sabu of PAS. They are among those who support Bersih and took part in the rally.
Should the event proceed without permission, the streets of the capital will again become the focus of international attention as major civil society movements nationwide, along with PR parties and other anti-government proponents, gather to demand a string of key issues ahead of national polls.
Regardless of the political nature of the rally, the involvement of civil society movements meant that the groups want their demands delivered - from the scrapping of the Lynas plant in Kuantan, to the promime of fair royalty payments to oil-producing states, free education and a fair polls process, all this make them incline towards the opposition.
Opposition or not, we should chart a better strategy this time, especially in monitoring the rally and in avoiding any untoward incident.
What will Hisham KDN do to match Hisham HKR? Leave it to the police?
Bersih 3.0 was promised to be a peaceful one but it turned out to be the ugliest thus far. HKR too is a peacefully-planned demo but anything could happen when the protesters and the crowd, plus the police are ovecomed by their emotion.
All human factors must be taken into consideration here. If not, another ugly episode will erupt in our democracy.
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I'm not sure if "Bersih 3.0 was ... the ugliest thus far", unless the basis of determining that is provided.
Maybe the largest - 25,000, whereas the previous street demos by Anwar & Kit Siang were not that many. Yes, scuffles, overturning of Police vehicle, arrests but maybe the earlier demos had those as well.
Sir, it cannot be Hishammuddin vs Hishammuddin. Hishammuddin Rais is really a nobody, a non entity. He was called as a professional student, so-called studying overseas but never graduating. Even if he graduated, who would have employed him. And I wonder who is employing him now. And how he is sustaining himself.
Even Mat Sabu, the PAS Deputy President, was regarded almost like a pariah by his own supposedly "rakan seperjuangan". The PR cabinet line up allegedly prepared by PKR had him merely as a Deputy Minister. Imagine that.
I dislike and utterly detest the confrontational mentality of the organizers - himpunan "whether with or without permit".
That's anarchistic minded and not good anywhere on the face of this earth. And these are the kind of buggers said to want to rule this country? Mayhem, if they are allowed to.
Kalau buat PRU cepat kan senang tak perlu berdepan dengan HKR..
BN pun dah settle kat Putrajaya..
UMNO pun terus berkuasa..
Pas, DAP, PKR terus jadi pembangkang..
Hisham KDN dah jadi TPM..
Hisham HKR terus Tukar Tiub..
Mamak terus menguasai UMNO..
Ketuanan Melayu akan tetap hidup bahagia..
Cepat la suruh Najib buat PRU13..
Setuju tak Bujai?
Yeah, a rally meant for fanning another round of anti-government sentiment among the folks. They know the parliament will be dissolved by April, so they gunning for another shot to make the government as unpopular as possible in the eyes of Malaysian public. If the even turns violence, that is even better because PDRM could always be their punching bag.
I hope, the Home Minister learns from the recent Himpunan Hijau (the walk from Kuantan to KL). Without the police high handedness, the event came and gone - just like that - without any political issues tailing behind. After 3 days, the event was no longer in the news, even in the blogs. Let this coming Himpunan 12 Jan come and go.
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hisham kdn mana ada keberanian nak turun padang dan berdepan dengan penunjuk perasaan tu sendiri!
yang dia tau ialah bagi arahan itu dan ini, macamlah dia pandai sangat!
First you have to be Intelligent to be able to learn from your Mistakes!
Looking at the continuous gaffes made by Hisham it is obvious he hs not learnt a single thing!
Woe betide Malaysia as the Home Ministry is a key security concern!
Yes, we have the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. Let them rally to their hearts content. So long as in conformity with that Act.
Holding it in a stadium appears in order. And the Shah Alam Stadium was one of those the Police had mentioned suitable when talking about Bersih 3.0 last time.
The Police should have their men trained and re-trained like those of Japan and South Korea. Not to react unnecessarily to the taunts by the rallying or demonstrating crowd.
Having said that, I'll acknowledge that everyone is a human being. Subject to reacting in different forms when under severe taunts and acute provocations. Even the Japanese and South Korean Police reacted at times.
But then again the Opposition crooks will claim all sorts. Even PKR Anwar and PAS Mat Sabu were on record faking Police maltreatment and making wild allegations.
just live them syiok sendiri demo. no policing at all... then , they wont get the attention that they are seeking for..
that is the way to treat attention seekers.
drmuz
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