28th April 2012. The capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur saw the biggest rally "BERSIH 3.0" demanding for free and fair elections, at least 100,000 participants in Kuala Lumpur (Organisers put it as 250,000 while state-controlled media put it as 25,000) are joined by rallies calling for electoral reform by other cities in the country and across the world.
The rally began peacefully but ended up with chaos of tear gas and chemical-laced water on the protesters amid allegations some protesters breaching into the court-obtained ban "Dataran Merdeka" or Independence Square to the public.
Citizens, journalists and police officers are among the victims, so who should take the biggest share of responsibility?
Organisers? Opposition politicians? Police? Employed "mercenaries/ saboteurs"? Media? Participants?
Simultaneous rallies held in cities like Penang, Melaka, and across the globe have been peaceful without a hitch of incidents? Why Kuala Lumpur cannot?
The government is to take the biggest share of responsibilty! as the rally would have been peaceful if the government has allowed and safeguards its citizens' right to gather peacefully at Dataran Merdeka? instead abuse the court process to ban the citizens from gathering at the independent square! What if one day the court declares that the entire Malaysia is banned for malaysians? and then the use of excessive force when the barricades are breached! Ridiculous as it sounds but still many are stilll ignorant to the fact that the chairman and the deputy chairman of the Election Commission of Malaysia are members of the current ruling political party (The current government), now the government is trying to deflect from the real issue and demands for electoral reform.
So what's your opinion? or you couldn't be bothered?
Joshua
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