IPOH: As Pakatan Rakyat gears up for its final battle for Perak in court tomorrow, calls from the public for the dissolution of the state assembly have resurfaced once again.
The Perak People's Action Committee, a non-governmental organisation, today handed over a memorandum to the Perak Barisan Nasional government urging it to return democracy to the people through state elections or face negative repercussions.
The committee is giving BN until Aug 8 to seek dissolution of the assembly or a statewide hartal would be held.
"During this day, the people of Perak will not engage in any outside activity. We will not go to work, our children would not go to school and we will show BN that the majority of Perak folk want justice returned to them," said committee coordinator R. Mohanarani.
She said the committee was confident it would get the support of the majority of Perak folk. "We will get the help of a number of non-governmental organisations and the PR component parties to mobilise this one-day strike," she said.
Mohanarani said the committee had already embarked on a month-long campaign to call for the dissolution of the state assembly.
"We have been going around to public places like markets to distribute leaflets in order to gain the people's support for the cause.
"So far, the response from the people has been very positive. The rakyat is still unhappy with the power grab done by the BN and want state elections to be called," she said.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia deputy chairperson M. Sarasvathy, who was also present during the handing over of the memorandum, said that although PR had exhausted all avenues to win the state back from BN, it did not mean that the battle was lost.
"Why should we give this up when the people's wishes have not yet been answered? Why should we wait for the next general election?" she asked.
Meanwhile, rumours of possible crossovers are once again rife and this time, talk is that the two defectors from PKR who had caused the Perak crisis may just leapfrog back into the party.
According to a highly-placed party source, the two, Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Changkat Jering assemblyman Kapt (rtd) Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, were unhappy that BN had failed to fulfil its promises to them.
The source said that the duo were supposed to have been restored as members of the state executive council as they were before when PR was in government.
"They were promised positions in the council on July 1 but nothing materialised.
"What's worse, their corruption cases have not yet been thrown out of court as they had expected — instead, the cases are still ongoing," said the source.
The source added that this had caused both Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman to consider returning to PKR.
However, whether or not the party would re-accept the two is a different story altogether.
For although the Perak PR may desperately need the numbers to form the government, accepting the return of the two assemblymen, whose integrity and loyalty are still questionable, may well work against them.
MI
08/07/09
The Perak People's Action Committee, a non-governmental organisation, today handed over a memorandum to the Perak Barisan Nasional government urging it to return democracy to the people through state elections or face negative repercussions.
The committee is giving BN until Aug 8 to seek dissolution of the assembly or a statewide hartal would be held.
"During this day, the people of Perak will not engage in any outside activity. We will not go to work, our children would not go to school and we will show BN that the majority of Perak folk want justice returned to them," said committee coordinator R. Mohanarani.
She said the committee was confident it would get the support of the majority of Perak folk. "We will get the help of a number of non-governmental organisations and the PR component parties to mobilise this one-day strike," she said.
Mohanarani said the committee had already embarked on a month-long campaign to call for the dissolution of the state assembly.
"We have been going around to public places like markets to distribute leaflets in order to gain the people's support for the cause.
"So far, the response from the people has been very positive. The rakyat is still unhappy with the power grab done by the BN and want state elections to be called," she said.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia deputy chairperson M. Sarasvathy, who was also present during the handing over of the memorandum, said that although PR had exhausted all avenues to win the state back from BN, it did not mean that the battle was lost.
"Why should we give this up when the people's wishes have not yet been answered? Why should we wait for the next general election?" she asked.
Meanwhile, rumours of possible crossovers are once again rife and this time, talk is that the two defectors from PKR who had caused the Perak crisis may just leapfrog back into the party.
According to a highly-placed party source, the two, Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Changkat Jering assemblyman Kapt (rtd) Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, were unhappy that BN had failed to fulfil its promises to them.
The source said that the duo were supposed to have been restored as members of the state executive council as they were before when PR was in government.
"They were promised positions in the council on July 1 but nothing materialised.
"What's worse, their corruption cases have not yet been thrown out of court as they had expected — instead, the cases are still ongoing," said the source.
The source added that this had caused both Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman to consider returning to PKR.
However, whether or not the party would re-accept the two is a different story altogether.
For although the Perak PR may desperately need the numbers to form the government, accepting the return of the two assemblymen, whose integrity and loyalty are still questionable, may well work against them.
MI
08/07/09
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