Allow peaceful rally in the future if meets requirement

Allow peaceful rally in the future if meets requirement

 
 

Press statement by Dr Cheah Soon Hai,

Kedah Gerakan Chairman and Derga State Assemblyman

19 July, 2011

 
 

Referring to the statement made by the Deputy President of PAS, Mohamad Sabu who said that there would be BERSIH 3.0 if no electoral reform has taken place before the next General Election, Kedah Gerakan Chairman feels that the government should allow them to go ahead provided that they promise to fulfil certain conditions.

 
 

Dr Cheah said, BERSIH 2.0 rally has really made Barisan Nasional government in tight spot and looks bad. No matter how hard we try to explain people just won't  listen. Due to the time constraint and unclear pronounment, people just not accepting the reality of Merdeka Stadium is on renovation and its management has never agreed it to be the venue. Neither too the government has ever promised BERSIH 2 to be held in Merdeka Stadium .

 
 

Dr Cheah Soon Hai who is also Kedah Derga State Assemblyman, said Pakatan Rakyat has capitalized on the government going back on its words though it is actually not. Therefore action rather than words is needed to counter the lies. The government needs to demonstrate it really walks the talk that rally is allowed in stadium and silent its critics.

 
 

Dr Cheah Soon Hai is in the opinion that the experience from BERSIH 2.0 has taught the Barisan Nasional government a really good lesson that the government should just allow a rally to take place in the future if they can comply with the conditions, promise that the rally would be a peaceful one and they are willing to hold it in a stadium outside KL city.  Apart from that, they should also apply for a permit for assembly using a registered entity so that the rally would not be an illegal assembly.

 
 

From the look of it, it may seem that BERSIH 2.0 has a lot of supporters not just locally but also globally, however, we cannot undermine the silent majority who are anti BERSIH 2.0 in the society either. We do not want the repetition of BERSIH 2.0 in the future, thus, we sincerely hope that those who wish to hold a rally would go through proper procedure to obtain a permit for the activity whilst the government would allow such gathering to take place in a peaceful manner with the police around to ensure law and order of the event, said Dr Cheah.

 

 

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谢顺海：若符合要求

政府应允许和平集会

 
 

 
 

民政党吉打州联委会主席兼德卡区州议员谢顺海医生文告

2011年7月19日

 
 

民政党吉打州联委会主席谢顺海医生今天表示，经历了709净选盟集会，日后若再有类似的集会要求，而召集集会者也愿意遵循政府设下的集会条件，那么政府应该允许人民展开他们的集会。 谢顺海医生是针对回教党副主席莫哈末沙布发表若选举委员会在来届大选之前还没作出任何改革，他不排除马来西亚将会迎来第三个净选盟集会的言论发表以上的看法。

谢顺海医生说，净选盟集会已让国阵政府很难堪和形象受损。现在的局势已经发展到无论我们怎么向大众解释也没有人愿意聆听。基于时间上的限制以及宣布上的不明确，很多人都无法接受默迪卡体育馆其实正在维修当中，而其管理层也从来未曾答应过允许集会在默迪卡体育馆举行。而政府也确实不曾答应过709净选盟集会可以在默迪卡体育馆举行。 

谢顺海医生也是吉打州德卡区州议员。他表示，反对党已经对政府办事出尔反尔的表面现象抓着不放，而且还大做文章大事渲染，而事实上并非如此。为了理清真相，我们需要以行动而不是言语来揭穿这些谎言。政府必须要以行动来证明它是言行一致的，好让吵杂的批评可以平息。

谢顺海州议员认为709集会对国阵政府而言是一个很好的教训，未来若再有类似的集会要求，政府在召集者符合各项条件下，应该允许这种集会的进行，只要示威者答应整个集会是和平的以及不会在吉隆坡的体育馆进行。除此之外，主办当局也应该通过合法程序申请集会准证,以免让集会成为非法集会。

谢顺还也说，从表面看来，这一次的709净选盟集会得到的不只是本地大众的支持，就连在国外也有不少的支持者。尽管如此，我们也不能忽略那些反对净选盟集会，可是却不表态的沉默大多数群众。我们不愿意709集会在未来重演，我们希望那些想展开集会的单位，可以通过合法程序申请集会准证，而政府方面也应该考虑给予允许集会可以和平地进行，而警察方面也该扮演维持秩序与治安的角色，以让集会和平顺利进行。