Sabah Bersih is expecting a three-fold increase in rally participants if the police approves its application to hold the gathering in the Foochow Association Auditorium.
KOTA KINABALU: The organisers of the Bersih 2.0 campaign in Sabah are optimistic that the state police commissioner will give them the go ahead now that the prime minister has allowed Bersih to hold its rally in a stadium.
Sabah Bersih secretary Chester Pang said they submitted a fresh application yesterday for the July 9 campaign.
The police rejected their earlier application a few days ago.
The new application is for the Sabah rally to be held at the Foo Chow Association Auditorium instead of Padang Merdeka as planned earlier.
Pang said the time of the event remained as from 2pm to 4pm.
“We have paid for the rental of the venue and we are hoping that the police will consider our application this time since it will be held indoors,” he said.
Besides this, he disclosed that they have also extended a copy of the application to the head of state.
Sabah Bersih is an ad-hoc grouping of people.
Meanwhile, its chairman Atama Katama expressed confidence they will have no problem of achieving the targeted number of 500 participants at the rally, judging from the good response received in its official Facebook event page.
“If Bersih 2.0 Sabah is allowed in an indoor venue then we are expecting the number of participants to increase threefold,” he added.
He however noted that there may be a slight change to the initial programme to include a multimedia presentation on the importance of free and fair elections.
“Among the programmes that we will have is ‘Open Microphone Session’ where members of NGOs, Youth Movements, associations and political parties can come on stage to give a two-minute talk on Bersih 2.0 and civil rights,” he said.
Other events will include songs, dances and performances from local talents.
He was however unable to confirm whether rally participants will receive the Bersih paraphernalia such as t-shirts, balloons and headbands.
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