A Twitter dare incited into a vibrant discuss session upon a Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 in between Kedah Gerakan youth chief Tan Keng Liang as well as prominent tellurian rights lawyer Edmund Bon.
Held during a Pusat Rakyat Loyar Burok in Bangsar Utama, Kuala Lumpur before a packed public of about 100, Tan faced an public often 'hostile' to his points fortifying a Bill.
Tan (right) feels it is alright for a government to anathema travel protests, though this must come with a proper clarification of directed towards criticism areas.
"The perspective from Gerakan is to quarrel for some-more directed towards areas, this is something a government has not announced yet.
"I hold we can work together upon this to ask some-more places in every state together with Putrajaya; why can't we have it in Putrajaya? This is a centre of power," he said.
Pointing out which no military assent was required during directed towards areas, he added his perspective which this is a improved alternative as travel protests were no longer "viable" in a courteous society with a appearance ofFacebook as well as Twitter.
"In a 60s as well as 70s, there was no alternative way to move o! ut peopl e's views; starting to a travel criticism was a most appropriate option during which time though we have evolved, now is a age of technology," he said.
Tan was rebutting an earlier indicate made by Bon who explained which travel protests was a required instrument for democracy, citing how Onn Jaafar had led 15,000 people to denote against a Malayan Union before Independence.
Sabotuers vs a 99 percent
While acknowledging which Malaysi! ans have in all been good behaved in travel protests, Tan adds which there has always been a possibility protestors might take advantage of a proof to means problems.
"I certitude Bon, we hold he will be good behaved in a travel demonstration, though we do not know if any a single will try to take advantage of him," he quipped.
He stressed which it only takes a single percent of bad hats in a criticism to means things to go awry. Therefore, he pronounced a anathema upon travel protests was justified, formed upon a interest of non-protesters
However, Bon replied indicating out which a 99 percent others need not be dictated by a a single percent as there are several existing laws to understanding with a scenario, together with a Penal Code as well as a Criminal Procedure Code.
"But if a government as well as military exclude to do their pursuit as well as are politically partisan, what can we do?
"We can only be peaceful... It is a clampdown by a institutions which make our peaceful public violent."
Street protests, Bon adds, is some-more effective in formulating exposure about a cause, such as an anti-domestic abuse impetus or cancer awareness march, than a static rally.
'BN abandoned us, Pakatan walked out'
The discuss currently was moderated by Institute for Democracy as well as Economic Affairs (Ideas) CEO Wan Saiful Wan January as well as is a culmination of exchanges upon Twitter over a Bill.
While Tan as well as Bon were during odds over a legislation, they concluded which a MPs had let a rakyat down.
"We have 222 MPs in Parliament though they do not attend to you, a little of a MPs only walked out, as well as a alternative MPs totally abandoned thealtern! ative bi ll (proposed by a Bar Council).
"We need to begin making a purposes of politicians extinct as small administrators, (in that) for every law (they propose) they must come back as well as consult a people. That is people power," pronounced Bon.
"I have pronounced certain things which might be supportive though he (Bon) did not theatre a walkout," quipped Tan.
Rais Yatim Bicara Soal PRU 13 2/12/2011
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