“For 901, DAP leaders will be present, that’s all. That is our standard response,” the DAP secretary general told reporters today.
But the Penang chief minister refused to say whether members had been mobilised to participate in the demonstration.
PKR deputy president Azmin Ali had announced on Tuesday that PKR had the cooperation of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners PAS and DAP to gather over 100,000 people in a show of support for Anwar when the KL High Court finally rules on the two-year-long sodomy trial.
The Gombak MP also guaranteed yesterday the mass rally will be peaceful.
Azmin, however, said earlier today PKR does not accept conditions set by police for Monday’s public rally as they were only outlined after the party had obtained police permission to gather at the Jalan Duta court complex.
Sentul police had issued 10 conditions last night, barring participants supporting Opposition Leader Anwar from “making noise” and disallowing any speeches from being made.
The conditions also bar participants from carrying any banners to support the PKR de facto leader at the gathering which is being held as the High Court here delivers its verdict in the highly-charged Sodomy II trial.
The police had met a PKR delegation yesterday morning before deciding to allow the rally to go ahead in the parking area of the court complex.
No conditions were mentioned by Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Mohmad Salleh during a brief, joint press conference with PKR after their meeting.
PKR leaders have also said no conditions were set during the meeting.
Anwar, 64, is charged with sodomising former male aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan at a condominium in upscale Damansara Heights here in June 2008, a few months before returning from a decade in the political wilderness and winning back his Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat.
This represents the second time he has been prosecuted for sodomy.
If found guilty, he could spend up to 20 years behind bars but will escape the caning penalty as he is over 60. It would effectively spell the end of his political career and his chance to be prime minister.
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