The Islamoholic would like to congratulate all those who were involved in the BERSIH rally last Saturday. You deserve the congratulations even though you realised that things could have gotten nasty. But alhamdulillah, everything went well. It should be noted that the organisers of the protest issued a directive for those wishing to participate in the rally, which The Islamoholic received as follows:
Di peringkat PAS pula, seramai 2000 orang petugas Unit Amal Malaysia yang beruniform dan tidak beruniform akan berkawal bagi memastikan tiadanya provokasi dan kekecohan yang boleh memburukkan imej perhimpunan ini. Kita datang dengan aman dan Unit Amal akan membantu kita.
Jika ada kalangan peserta yang cuba melakukan provokasi seperti membawa bendera parti politik, melaungkan kata-kata yang kesat, membaling atau menggunakan apa-apa objek yang boleh membahayakan orang lain, mereka akan dikeluarkan dari perhimpunan ini serta merta atau diserahkan kepada pihak polis jika perlu.
This is of course only the beginning. Calling for democratic reform is going to be a long and hard process, and it does not end with just a rally (or even a series of rallies). Too many issues need to be resolved and the masses educated about them before one can hope for some sort of change in the electoral process. I pray that the day for that is not too far away.
On a side note, The Islamoholic was at the rally and as was originally suspected, there were no Islam Liberal chickens running around. Fortunate or unfortunately, that depends on how you see it.
I love it when I am proven right all the time.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
You’re probably blind. A number of them have photos to prove they were there.
[The Islamoholic: We are clueless as to who are the 'they' you are referring to here.]