"We don't consult Bersih, I don't know who is Bersih ...[sic]”
This was the response of Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz, Minister in Prime Minister's Department, when asked to comment on the NGO coalition's demands for two reports from the proposed parliamentary select committee on electoral reform.
He hit out at Bersih 2.0, saying it has no reason to issue ultimatums, including setting deadlines, to the government in determining the select committee's work.
“... As I said earlier, we will hold public hearings. During the hearings, they like anybody else, members of the public, they can come and give their views,” he told journalists at the Parliament lobby today.
“We don't just consult them, we consult other members of the public who have something to contribute. Because they are nothing special, there is no reason they should set an ultimatum because it is not for them to tell us what to do.”
Yesterday, members of the Bersih 2.0 steering committee had said the select panel's first report on immediate reforms should be issued within three months, followed by another within a year. It also outlined the areas for reform.
[More to follow]
This was the response of Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz, Minister in Prime Minister's Department, when asked to comment on the NGO coalition's demands for two reports from the proposed parliamentary select committee on electoral reform.
He hit out at Bersih 2.0, saying it has no reason to issue ultimatums, including setting deadlines, to the government in determining the select committee's work.
“... As I said earlier, we will hold public hearings. During the hearings, they like anybody else, members of the public, they can come and give their views,” he told journalists at the Parliament lobby today.
“We don't just consult them, we consult other members of the public who have something to contribute. Because they are nothing special, there is no reason they should set an ultimatum because it is not for them to tell us what to do.”
Yesterday, members of the Bersih 2.0 steering committee had said the select panel's first report on immediate reforms should be issued within three months, followed by another within a year. It also outlined the areas for reform.
[More to follow]
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