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A Malaysian writes to his Prime Minister on BERSIH3.0

May 8, 2012

From A Malaysian to his Prime Minister on BERSIH3.0

by Daniel Tan@www.malaysia-chronicle.com

I am your normal Joe man in my late 40's, living a gentle life in a still suburban of KL. we call myself a domestic indeterminate with no sold desire to any domestic party. You can call me a blockade sitter or a center ground voter.

In a final 20 years of my choosing by casting votes life, we have regularly voted formed upon issues, swinging my votes in between Barisan Nasional as well as a Opposition depending upon a hot issues of a day.

I voted Barisan Nasional in 2004, giving your bloc a massive charge post-Mahathir as well as endorsing a reverberating summary of Change espoused by your predecessor. And when a summary of Change remained a message, 4 years on, we voted for a Opposition, as well as what follows is history.

I understand we have been perplexing really tough to court people similar to me as well as we presume all these alphabets in a soup moniker ETP, GTP, NEM, etc have been partial of your large strategy to win civic electorate similar to me. Honestly, we am not certain we am entirely convinced. we will let we know why. Deep down in my guts, we am not certain either your summary of Transformation is real or not.

Not so easily convinced or fooled

And even if we have been sincere, we am not certain either your celebration UMNO is behind we or not. You see, Dato Seri, we garland of urbanites have been a total lot of skeptics. we am wakeful we have been perplexing to change, modify or mislay aged primitive laws similar to Official Secrets Act, Printing Press & Publication law, Assembly law, etc, in time for GE 13.

All which seems great usu! ally upo n paper. Yes, some tools of a draconian laws have been repealed though they have been half measure efforts during best. Worse, a new revised laws have been some-more oppressive with most punitive clauses opening up to a possibility for abuse.

You see, Dato Seri, most of us have been prepared abroad or have worked outward a nation in short, we have been fairly connected to what's happening around a world. Through Internet as well as our network of friends around a world, we know what is giveaway press, leisure of assembly, order of law, etc. so giving a aged furniture a veneer shine without stealing a termite filthy partial is not going to stir up us really much.

So upon April 28, we motionless to walk for a initial time for BERSIH. we was never partial of BERSIH1.0 as well as 2.0 as we was not clear what is a summary of BERSIH in a initial place. The final thing we longed for is to be used as pawn by any domestic parties.

But BERSIH3.0 summary was really clear to me. After BERSIH2.0, we followed closely a growth upon a demands of BERSIH to a Election Commission, a formation of Parliamentary Select Committee upon Electoral Reform, etc. we was stumped over as well as over again during how your Election Commission brushes off a allegation of indeterminate electorate list, a neutral reply to purify up a choosing by casting votes process we made my conclusion which Election Commission as well as your coalition, Barisan Nasional, have been never serious about electoral remodel in a initial place.

A really large step for Malaysia

To be in BERS! IH 3.0, is a really large step for me as a domestic agnostic. we just wish to be there, to feel a environment as well as be partial of something great for a country. Who doesn't wish a purify as well as satisfactory election, let alone we a Prime Minister who has been quoted some-more than once which we too wish a purify election as well as not wish to win by rascal so how bad can BERSIH3.0 be although we have friends notice me which assault may happen. How wrong we was ( or nave ? ).

The assault we witnessed from 3.00 pm onwards upon which day utterly put me off. Never in my mind, we suppose our PDRM can be so cruel as well as inhuman to conflict a rakyat who have been there just to be partial of a nation's aspiration for a purify election. To witness a beating with my own eyes, makes it even some-more painful.

I am spared from corporeal harm though my heart is hurt. Hurt for thinking we had a caring government as well as a responsive Prime Minister. All utterly dead under a fume issued from a tear gas.

I walked away home with usually a single resolution which we will give my opinion to a sovereign Opposition as well as this is a single center ground opinion which Barisan Nasional has lost upon which fatal day, April 28, 2012.

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