Press Statement, 27 September 2012
KONSERT BERSIH 8T – TIME TO RENEW THE CALL FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS
Five months have now passed since more than 250,000
citizens stepped forward to join the BERSIH 3.0: Duduk Bantah event on 28 April
2012. These everyday Malaysians exercised their right to assemble in order to
urge the government to clean up the electoral system.
However, it appears that the government is still
unwilling to heed the voices of the people. The BERSIH 2.0 eight demands and
the 22 recommendations of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) report have
yet to be fully implemented. Thus, BERSIH 2.0 is organising a fun-filled
concert on 13 October 2012 at Stadium Kelana Jaya aimed at reminding the
Election Commission that the 8 demands remain unfulfilled.
In the months since the historic BERSIH 3.0 peaceful
assembly, the government has focused its attention on attacking the BERSIH 2.0
steering committee in various ways instead of getting down to the much-needed
electoral reforms. The authorities are pursuing legal actions against the
steering committee and the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) has threatened to
issue hefty summons to the committee.
Despite this, BERSIH 2.0 has persisted in its efforts to
raise awareness on the many instances of serious discrepancies in the electoral
roll. Our work so far has been made possible because of the generous support of
regular Malaysians who have donated to the cause. However, more needs to be
done.
Some of the performers lined up so far are Ito, Julian
Mokhtar and the Gang, Soul Saviors (the winners at Pesta Lagu Jalanan),
Republic of Brickfields, punk band Dum Dum Tak punk band, Canto rock band Hui
Se De Dai and Ray Cheong. There will also be BERSIH 2.0 activities for all ages
to participate in and a special song by the BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee.
National laureate A. Samad Said who is a co-chairperson of BERSIH 2.0 will also
read a special poem at this event.
This concert event will not only be for fundraising but
will be fun and memorable and also serve as a reminder to the government
leaders of their duty to heed the call for urgent reforms. Malaysians will not
accept anything less than a thorough clean-up of its electoral system and we
will not hesitate to come together once again to make our voices heard.
The details are as follows:
DATE
: 13 October 2012
VENUE
: Kelana Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya
TIME
: 6.00pm – 11.30pm
*Entry by minimum donation
KELUAR MENGUNDI, LAWAN PENIPUAN
Thank you.
SALAM BERSIH!
Steering Committee
Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections 2.0 (BERSIH 2.0)
The Steering Committee of BERSIH 2.0 comprises:
Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan (Co-Chairperson), Datuk
A. Samad Said (Co-Chairperson), Ahmad Shukri Abdul Razab, Andrew Ambrose,
Andrew Khoo, Anne Lasimbang, Arul Prakkash, Arumugam K., Awang Abdillah, Dr
Farouk Musa, Hishamuddin Rais, Liau Kok Fah, Maria Chin Abdullah, Matthew
Vincent, Niloh Ason, Richard Y W Yeoh, Dr Subramaniam Pillay, Dato’ Dr Toh Kin
Woon, Dr Wong Chin Huat, Dato’ Yeo Yang Poh and Zaid Kamaruddin
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