BERSIH 10/11....revisited

Why must anyone worry if BERSIH 2 is apolitical or political ? Is not what the organisers of BERSIH 2's demand from the Election Commission all about clean and fair elections ? Elections determine politicians and parties and ruling government. And is that not politics ?? For those who have forgotten how the first BERSIH walk was back in 10/11 2007 go here and see my personal account of how that fateful day unfolded in living colour !

Of course we also know how Anwar "hijacked" that walk by taking a short-cut via riding pillion on a motor-bike to be at the palace gates to hand over the memorandum then. Sure Anwar stole the "thunder" then but this time around we have Ambiga ex-president of the Bar Council and a strong leader for issues concerning human rights and a good orator who was also instrumental in the "Penguin Walk". Did she not, on behalf of BERSIH 2 invite both BN and PR parties to walk with her this time round ?

So why should this walk not be a political one ? Anything that concerns human rights and fair-play has to be an integral part of civil society and the government and that means the use of politicians to get the message across into parliament to make it a law.....that surely makes this walk political, no ?

It is comforting and clear that all politicians walking with the organisers this time are in total agreement that we have a corrupt and dirty Election Commission who are nothing but lap-dogs of the ruling government and only a dirty and corrupt government would oppose/refuse any such changes, yes ? That is what we want changed, amongst other demands.

I am surprised too why everyone must politicise the very essence of the walk itself. We walk again because we want change and knowing so well that there are so many fraudulent discrepancies concerning and involving the EC itself which was never addressed or reformed since the first walk so surely the only decent thing, right and tax-paying citizens will do is walk again ! Is that too hard to understand for all those who walk in the corridors of power ?
Can Najib actually afford the citizens to accuse him of running a dirty government when he is so close to calling for a snap election ? And as Ambiga herself has announced...."the time for talk is over"....(citing the EC of the BN government of not welcoming changes since 10/11 2007, for clean and fair election process, independent of interference by their paymasters and devoid of corruption.

As long as politicians can use their platform in parliament to demand and pass laws that are good and beneficial to the tax-paying citizens I don't care which party they belong, they are welcome to walk beside us, us meaning the Third Force or read you and I, the man/woman with that all important right of a single vote to decide who shall represent him/her in parliament.

But it is sad that the very people who are against this BERSIH 2 walk, are still there representing us when we know that they are NOT for a clean and fair voting system and that is a haunting thought, right ? In other words these people are ALL for a dirty and corrupt government !!

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