Datuk Bandar: Perhimpunan hasil 8 tan sampah

Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail berkata Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) menanggung kos sebanyak kira-kira RM300,000 ekoran perhimpunan BERSIH 3.0.

Katanya, kerugian tersebut termasuk kerosakan pada lanskap dan kos membersihkan kira-kira 8 tan sampah sarap di sekitar kawasan perhimpunan di ibu negara.

DBKL membuat laporan polis berhubung kerosakan tersebut dan turut membaikpulih lanskap yang telah mengalami kerosakan, katanya.

Ditanya sama ada pihaknya akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang kepada pengajur BERSIH 3.0 berhubung perkara itu, Ahmad Fuad berkata DBKL akan mengkaji tindakan tersebut.

Sumber: Malaysiakini

Jarumemas:  Bersih 3 yang pengotor dan tidak beriman dalam tindak tanduk mereka. Bukankah mereka yang berdemo tempoh hari kebayakannya  pengikut Pas yang beragama Islam? Bukankah Islam melarang umatnya  menjahanamkan harta milik orang awam? Bukankah Islam juga suka kepada kebersihan? Bukannya BERSIH 3.

Mahfuz tuduh polis langgar fatwa, ulama gesa fatwa tidak terlalu jumud

KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Mei — PAS hari ini menuduh pihak polis adalah pihak yang bertanggungjawab melanggar fatwa yang dikeluarkan Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan semalam apabila mereka menggunakan kekerasan terhadap perusuh.

Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar turut berkata, pihaknya menghormati fatwa yang dikeluarkan, namun pihak Jawatankuasa Fatwa perlu melihat demonstrasi itu dalan konteks yang lebih luas, bukan semata-mata demonstrasi tersebut.

Jelas Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena ini lagi, fatwa itu menyatakan haram jika berniat jahat sewaktu menyertai demonstrasi tersebut, beliau bagaimanapun menegaskan, pihaknya menyertai demonstrasi tersebut dengan niat yang baik.

Sementara itu, ulama PAS juga menyeru Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan agar tidak mengeluarkan pandangan yang sempit dan melibatkan demonstrasi semata-mata, sebaliknya mengambil kira punca demonstrasi itu sendiri iaitu kepincangan sistem pilihan raya.

Ketua Dewan Ulama PAS Pusat, Datuk Harun Taib menegaskan, demonstrasi yang menjurus kepada perkara kebaikan dan tugas “amar makruf nahi mungkar” adalah sangat digalakkan dalam Islam.

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Jarumemas:  Kecelaruan Pas dalam menentukan mana yang baik dan mana yang mungkar.

Crackdown resets Malaysian politics

By Anil Netto

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition finds itself on the political defensive after police personnel cracked down on a largely peaceful April 28 protest held in the national capital calling for electoral reforms. The large popular turnout and government's perceived mishandling of the rally will likely push back general elections, earlier expected to be called by June, as Prime Minister Najib Razak's government deals with the fallout.

Reports and images of demonstrators being assaulted by police have been circulated, raising the hackles of international rights groups about the excessive use of force. The country's Bar Council has condemned the violence against unarmed demonstrators while media freedom groups have expressed their concerns about the targeting of journalists who attempted to document scenes of police brutality.

After the crackdown, political analysts say, Najib's political programs now face a credibility gap. "Many urbanites are simply not buying what he is selling," said one political observer. "It's gone beyond [the call for] clean elections."

The crackdown could raise more searching popular questions about the credibility, professionalism and independence of the institutions of governance and Najib's commitment to genuine reform.

Subramaniam Pillay, a Bersih steering committee member and social activist, said the rally's disorder should be put in broad perspective. He said the biggest positive from Bersih 3.0 is that while government agencies with large budgets have failed to create "1Malaysia" - as Najib's drive to promote ethnic harmony and national unity is called - "Bersih has succeeded in uniting Malaysians of all ethnic and religious backgrounds".

Strikingly, many among those who attended the rally displayed a distinct lack of fear. In the cat-and-mouse game between police and protestors that lingered on after the organizers had called for participants to disperse, one activist observed how groups at one location laughed mockingly and even danced after water cannons had been fired.

"The freedom from fear argument is compelling," said Malik Imtiaz, a human-rights lawyer. "The police were unprepared for the resoluteness they met, hence the brutality."

The worry for Najib and his ruling UMNO is that if the same popular resolve witnessed at the rally translates into a greater push for political change, the ruling coalition's prospects at the next polls, whenever they are held, could be further dimmed.

Source: Asia Times Online

Jarumemas: The oppositions was the big culprit for this demonstration. The public were against this notorious behaviour. The oppositions were making use of the 'innocent' people by giving them money to demonstrate.

It’s that time of year

THE Bersih rallies have quickly established themselves as something of a ritual in Malaysia’s political calendar. The script goes something like this: thousands of protesters declare that they are going to march through Kuala Lumpur to demand electoral reform; a twitchy government and protest leaders spend days haggling over a suitable venue; the protest goes ahead in defiance of police demands; violence ensues, hundreds are arrested; government issues some apologies; everyone goes home. The only significant variant is the political impact. Last year it was huge—this year it will probably be very little.

The Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28th certainly attracted more people than last year’s version, perhaps as many as 80,000 (although the police put the figure at about half of that). As there will almost certainly be a general election in the coming months, perhaps the high level of interest wasn’t that surprising. But by comparison last year’s rally, despite a relatively smaller number of protesters, achieved a terrific political impact.

Stung by widespread criticism in the international press, Mr Najib’s government was forced to apologise for much of its behaviour. Subsequently it repealed a slew of outdated and repressive laws to win back its reforming credentials. A parliamentary committee was also set up to look into proposals for electoral reform. In all, a clear victory to Bersih.

However, this year there were problems on the Bersih side too. Some protesters attacked and overturned a police car and it seems that about 20 police officers were wounded. This, of course, played into the government’s hands, allowing Mr Najib to claim that “The police were victims. They became targets and were beaten.” The leader of Bersih, Ambiga Sreenevasan, conceded that some people will think that “the rally had gone wrong” because of the unruly behaviour of a few protesters. The violence may even tarnish the broader movement for democratic reform, a bit. And Mr Anwar had some explaining of his own to do. He was caught on video near one of the police barricades talking to one of his colleagues; critics allege that he was inciting supporters to push aside the barriers. Mr Anwar himself says this is nonsense.

Either way, it is clear that Bersih won’t be able to dominate the moral high ground—at least not on the score of one weekend’s theatrics—as they did last year. The campaign for electoral reform goes on, but Mr Najib emerges from this year’s fracas with his reformist credentials essentially intact, not much worse for the wear.

Source: The Economist.

Jarumemas:  The  Malays proverb says, "Beraja di mata bersultan di hati" is what the Bersih 3.0 is trying to be. I am sure the majority  will make sure that Bersih 3.0 fail in their demands.