PKR has slammed the Internal Security and Public Order Department’s statement that the army is standing by to help the police in handling the Black 505 rally in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
“Unless provoked, all the recent rallies held were peaceful and orderly and none of the rallies reported any unwanted behavior.
“The proposal for the Armed Forces to intervene seems to question the incompetence of the police force.
“We are sure the KL police are more than capable to handle a peaceful crowd.
“It seems the ruling party has once again put together a plot to scare and instill fear in the rakyat who are determined to go out this Saturday and make their demands,” said PKR vice-president Tian Chua in a statement today.
He reminded the authorities that the rally was not a political one, but “a rally for the rakyat by the rakyat who has been let down, especially by the Election Commission (EC) who has failed to maintain a free and fair elections in Malaysia”.
There should also no longer be an issue about the rally being held at Padang Merbok, he further pointed out, as the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) had also postponed their Olympic Day Run, scheduled for Sunday, due to the haze.
The event had been one of three reasons furnished by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in refusing to allow the use of Padang Merbok for the rally, as it claimed OCM needed the field on Satarday to prepare for the next day’s run.
So, Chua urged Ahmad Zahid, who previously assured that the ‘Black 505' rallies can proceed if it complies with Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, to respect the rakyat’s rights “instead of treating the rakyat as outlaws for standing up for their rights in their own country”.
He warned the government that “many more” rallies will follow unless the demands of the rakyat are fulfilled.
“Unless provoked, all the recent rallies held were peaceful and orderly and none of the rallies reported any unwanted behavior.
“The proposal for the Armed Forces to intervene seems to question the incompetence of the police force.
“We are sure the KL police are more than capable to handle a peaceful crowd.
“It seems the ruling party has once again put together a plot to scare and instill fear in the rakyat who are determined to go out this Saturday and make their demands,” said PKR vice-president Tian Chua in a statement today.
He reminded the authorities that the rally was not a political one, but “a rally for the rakyat by the rakyat who has been let down, especially by the Election Commission (EC) who has failed to maintain a free and fair elections in Malaysia”.
There should also no longer be an issue about the rally being held at Padang Merbok, he further pointed out, as the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) had also postponed their Olympic Day Run, scheduled for Sunday, due to the haze.
The event had been one of three reasons furnished by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in refusing to allow the use of Padang Merbok for the rally, as it claimed OCM needed the field on Satarday to prepare for the next day’s run.
So, Chua urged Ahmad Zahid, who previously assured that the ‘Black 505' rallies can proceed if it complies with Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, to respect the rakyat’s rights “instead of treating the rakyat as outlaws for standing up for their rights in their own country”.
He warned the government that “many more” rallies will follow unless the demands of the rakyat are fulfilled.
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