Forum to dissect Bersih tribunal’s findings

A former aide involved in Anwar Ibrahim's legal team plans to scrutinise the tribunal's findings and expose lies perpetuated by Pakatan Raykat on the 13th general election

PETALING JAYA: A former legal aide in Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim’s legal team will organise a forum on Friday to scrutinise the findings of Bersih’s People’s Tribunal.

Yuktes Vijay said the forum would also expose the lies spread by Pakatan Rakyat and Anwar on the 13th general election.

The forum will have a four-member panel of lawyers and speakers from the police force, media and non-government organisations.

Titled ‘Cleaning Bersih: An Analysis of Bersih’s People’s Tribunal’, the forum will be held at the Crystal Crown Hotel in Petaling Jaya at 7.30pm.

“Many who read my submissions to the US embassy on GE 13 urged me to hold the forum so that the validity of the findings of Bersih’s tribunal will be known,” said Yuktes.

He said Bersih’s tribunal was to justify the Blackout 505 Rallies and placate Anwar.

He added that claims of blackouts and phantom voters by Pakatan was an attempt to hide the coalition’s weakness and mask Anwar’s incapability as a leader.

Flaws and mistakes

Yuktes said Bersih should have named the tribunal as ‘Anwar’s Tribunal on GE13′ because the proceedings mirrored Anwar’s political style which was devoid of logic and integrity.

He said the tribunal had also deliberately failed to air Pakatan’s electoral mistakes and flaws.

Yuktes said the tribunal was biased against Barisan Nasional and the Election Commission, especially given the dominant presence of pro-Pakatan Rakyat supporters as witnesses.

He said Anwar’s daughter Nurul Izzah and party vice-president Tian Chua took the stand as witnesses although both won their parliamentary seats.

He pointed out that Tian Chua even won by a bigger majority than in 2008. He claimed that Bersih organised the tribunal to help Anwar take to the streets and create chaos and havoc.

“Bersih 4.0 is imminent and the reasons will be the coming realignment of constituencies and the 30 seats which Pakatan lost with slim majority in GE13,” said Yuktes.

He had recently submitted an observation report to the US embassy refuting the claims of the blackouts and phantom voters, which Anwar claimed caused Pakatan’s defeat in May polls.

“When I submitted my findings, I was criticised and mocked. But a week later Bersih’s pemantau (observers) in a way validated my findings. I was proven right,” said Yuktes.