In a separate report by Free Malaysia Today, Mohamad Sabu, was quoted as having said "no date" has been set to demand resignation of EC Chairman and Deputy, as PAS are only supporters of the Bersih movement. Berish's Co-Chair Datuk Ambiga stated then no subsequent rally has yet been considered and would continue to emphasize the irregularities in the electoral process.
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PETALING JAYA: PAS deputy president, Mohamad Sabu, today did not rule out the possibility of another rally if top Election Commission (EC) officials do not resign immediately.
He was, neverthess, quick to add that the decision to hold another protest was solely up to electoral watchdog Bersih. He said that political parties were merely supporting the coalition of 84 NGOs under the Bersih umbrella which held its third rally on Saturday.
“What I can say is that should the EC top guns not resign, the next time, we [PAS] will mobilise one million people.
“If they [EC officials] are stubborn and refuse to step down, there may be another rally. But we will leave that for Bersih to decide.
“We are merely political parties who support them,” said Mohamad Sabu, popularly known as Mat Sabu.
One of Bersih’s demands at Saturday’s rally was for the immediate resignation of EC chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusoff and his deputy Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.
Bersih claims that the electoral roll is ridden with irregularities which will not guarantee free and fair elections.
It’s co-chairman S Ambiga said that no decision has been made over another rally, adding that the group will continue to highlight irregularities in the electoral process. Mat Sabu was speaking to the press this afternoon after sending a memorandum to the EC demanding the resignation of Abdul Aziz and Wan Ahmad.
The memorandum was accepted by a representative from the EC’s public relations office.
“They have fallen short from fulfilling their duties. They have not cleaned the electoral roll and now there is evidence that they are Umno members,” he said.
He was referring to PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution’s revelation last week that Abdul Aziz was a member of Umno’s Sri Ampang branch and Wan Ahmad a member of the Kubang Bunggor branch in Pasir Mas.
Both Abdul Aziz and Wan Ahmad responded to Saifuddin’s revelation, saying that they may have been registered as members decades ago but have remained inactive.
Mat Sabu, however, said that no definite time line was given for the duo to resign. When asked what action would the political parties take should the EC heads refuse to resign, Mat Sabu merely said, “We [political parties] will have to discuss the matter”.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 11: PAS has condemned the brutality which accompanied the crackdown on Bersih protesters last Saturday, and urge Inspector General of Police Ismail Omar and his deputy Khalid Abu Bakar (pics right) to resign and face a tribunal.
“With so many images and video clips shown, the devious statement from the IGP and his deputy alleging that the police were assaulted and provoked forcing them to act only serves to expose their own lies.
"PAS strongly condemns the police’s barbaric actions which also caused the death of Baharudin Ahmad and injured dozens of people. Hundreds had been kicked, beaten and dragged into trucks, showing a very disgusting side of the security personnel,” said PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man in a statement today.
The massive rally which attracted some 50,000 people at several locations in the city centre was attacked by thousands of police who released tear gas, with hundreds of video clips making their way online showing police brutality on peaceful protesters.
Hours after the protest, a visibly shocked Ismail quickly downplayed the rally, claiming only 5,000 to 6,000 people had attended. Based on such a claim, it would mean, albeit incredulously, that for any group of four people, one was arrested.
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The Pahang PAS commissioner urged said those who attended the rally should spread information about the rally and share their experience to friends and families to counter UMNO's divide and rule tactic.
“If each of the 50,000 people spreads their experience of (joining) Bersih to ten persons, we will have 500,000 who will know and feel. This 500,000, if each of them share to five, then 2.5 million Malaysians who couldn’t be with us on that day can be part of the feeling of being a united Malaysia.
"We will then realise that the attempt to portray that Malaysians were divided is just a ploy of UMN and Barisan Nasional to stay in power,” explained Tuan Ibrahim.
Tuan Ibrahim was however quick to remind his earlier caution to Pakatan Rakyat parties not to take for granted the massive turnout in support of Bersih.
“The people support Bersih 2.0 solely to make sure their votes are not offset illegally by phantom voters or unverified postal votes, as well as to ensure they are allowed to make an informed decision," he stressed.
“The people who supported Bersih 2.0 will not vote for us if we perform poorly and failed to instil confidence in our ability to govern," he warned.
On the death of Baharudin Ahmad, he offered the Islamic party's condolences to the family.
“We hope that this tragedy will further ignite the rise of the people to change this tyranical government,” he added. - en.harakahdaily.net
“ It seems like the organisers for the July 9 rally are perhaps desperate, and they think this is their time to shake up the peace, create commotion and seize power. People who are sane, have families, educated, who have businesses and have other interests, should rise against this evil and unlawful rally.
