The Malaysian Indian Voice says that the time has come for the community to teach BN a 'bitter lesson'.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Two NGOs, The Malaysian Indian Voice (MIV) an WargaAman, have
pledged their support for the Bersih 3.0 rally slated for April 28 at
Dataran Merdeka.
MIV, which would be organising the Indian Rights Action Force
(Indraf) 2.0 rally next month, said that it backed Bersih because
equality and justice could only exist in a clean and transparent
democratic system.
Speaking at a press conference here, MIV president and former
Internal Security Act detainee V Ganabitarau urged all Indians in
Malaysia to lend their support for Bersih’s cause.
“As a community which has been discriminated and marginalised for
more than 50 years, we only have one choice… to teach Barisan Nasional a
bitter lesson,” he said.
Also present at the press conference were National Indian Action Team
(NIAT) chairman Thasleem Mohd Ibrahim and MIV leaders V Raidu, A
Prakash and David Bala.
Ganabatirao said the Election Commission was not independent and BN had been manipulating the commission in its favour.
“Hence, this rally is important to ensure a free and fair election,” he added.
Meanwhile, WargaAman, a coalition of 20 Indian NGOs, was backing
Bersih to keep the pressure on the government to reform the electoral
process.
In a statement, the coalition’s sceretary-general S Barathidasan said
the EC had not addressed issues related to postal votes, election
offences and measures to end dirty politics.
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