According to former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, 'almost every demonstration in Malaysia has been organised by Anwar (Ibrahim)'.
PETALING
JAYA: Admitting that Bersih 3.0 rally was no doubt the biggest and the
most violent in its series, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad
has predicted that future Bersih rallies would be even bigger and more
violent.
“There would then be more demonstrations, perhaps bigger and more
violent. Demands would be made for new elections to be held, or for the
Election Commission to be disbanded and a new commission set up,” he
said in his blog posted yesterday.
He said seeing how repeated anti-government demonstrations have
brought down ruling regimes in the Arab countries, PAS’ mursyidul Am
and Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat now had declared that
over-throwing the government through demonstration is “halal”.
“Obviously PAS is already contemplating Bersih-type violent
demonstrations as a way of seizing power if it loses the 13th general
election.
“The country will then suffer from violent demonstrations frequently.
This will affect business and growth. Already Nik Aziz considers the
present government as oppressive and dictatorial and it is right to
overthrow it,” said Mahathir, the longest-serving Malaysian prime
minister.
He said when this happens, the attention of the world would be
sought and the Western press would be co-opted to paint as black a
picture as possible of the people’s opposition to the democratically
elected government.
The support of foreign governments and NGOs would come in as we see
in the Arab countries and their agenda would be different, but they
would see opportunities for pushing their regime change, for putting
their candidate in power as prime minister, he added.
“This possibility is not far-fetched. The average Malaysian always
think what happens in other countries will not happen here. But the
Bersih 3.0 demonstration shows it can happen here.
“We know that almost every demonstration in Malaysia has been
organised by (PKR de facto leader) Anwar (Ibrahim). Now he is teaming up
with Nik Aziz. Both see much to be gained by seizing power through
unconstitutional means.
“And when they are in power we can kiss goodbye to peace, stability and economic growth in this beloved country,” said Mahathir.
‘Courts did not favour government’
‘Courts did not favour government’
On Bersih’s demand for clear and fair elections, he said the lack of
consistency and absence of any pattern in the results of the elections
held so far showed that the elections were not fixed or manipulated.
“There were the usual accusations of foul play from both the
government party and the opposition and some of these went to the
courts.
“The courts also did not show special favour for the government party
through their decision. There was no proven case of government
manipulation or hanky-panky in any of the cases.
“All indicators point to reasonably fair conduct of the elections by
the Election Commission. The government could not rig or influence the
EC,” he added.
He said when compared to advanced democracies it “would be very clear
that the results of elections in Malaysia were quite similar to them”.
“The margins are never extreme one way or another,” he said.
He also predicted that in the 13th general election, the opposition
would win a fair number of seats at the state and federal levels.
“Almost certainly Kelantan would go to PAS. There would be great difficulty for BN to win back the states it had lost.
“So why the demonstrations and the demands for the elections to be clean and fair?
“Should the opposition lose in the states or at the federal level,
then one can safely assume that the opposition will claim that the
government had not conducted the elections fairly, that the government
cheated,” said Mahathir.
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