YOURSAY 'If we have a credible and effective Election Commission, all the recommendations by Bersih would have long come from the EC.'

Bersih 2.0: PSC report fails in five key areas

your sayKgen: The EC (Election Commission) has no political will to implement reforms. On the contrary, it is doing all it can to sabotage reforms.

An example is the reduction of postal votes by 100,000 through advance voting for the armed forces and police. Now the EC wants to appoint an extra 100,000 election workers with postal votes to compensate for the lost of the armed personnel postal votes.

We all know that postal votes are fake votes for BN through an opaque process with no monitoring.

With the EC hell-bent on helping BN win, how can there be meaningful reforms? Malaysians do not even have the right to choose their own government. Bring on Bersih 3.0!

Zombie: The main problem is we do not have a credible Election Commission. Our EC act as they are part of political parties.

If we have a credible and effective EC, all the recommendations by Bersih would have long come from the EC. Bersih would have cease to exist.

I suggest that Bersih 3.0 include the transformation of our EC so that it will carry out its constitutional duties to conduct free, fair and peaceful elections.

Anonymous_3f4a: With the issue of free and fair elections manipulated right from the outset by the federal government, the PSC (parliamentary select committee) was doomed before it even began its work.

It's crystal clear that the Umno-BN government would want the electoral process to remain intact and it's not in their interest to move towards a free and fair environment for the electoral process for reasons best known to its leadership.

And it's public knowledge that elections in Malaysia are manipulated, engineered to ensure victory of the ruling candidates.

The PSC (parliamentary select committee) was formed only after public pressure being brought to bear arising from Bersih 2.0 rally. It's hardly an indication of a reform initiative by Najib's administration.

Obviously, there are purposes to serve for the electoral process to remain untouched, especially so in the coming general election which is being dubbed as the 'mother of all battles'.

Anonymous #41809171: "If we subscribe to and endorse the principle of having international observers by our participation in such missions, then Malaysia's reticence in inviting international observers is wholly inexplicable," said the Bersih committee.

Why is this inexplicable? Malaysia went to Burma and Thailand to observe and pick up tips on how to intimidate voters and manipulate poll results.

However, they would not welcome observers from other countries to check out our own polls for fear that their shenanigans will be reported.

Whats Next On The Agenda?: No one in their right mind ever believe that Bersih can be satisfied. What they failed to say was that during Anwar Ibrahim's tenure as DPM, the electoral fraud was even worse.

Anwar has no moral rights to claim anything, and his comments about Malaysia now only shows how much you can trust him. I think the Burmese generals can be trusted more than Anwar.

Incidentally, those of you who think Bersih 3.0 is going to be a huge tsunami, think again, it will be nothing more than a ripple in the ocean.

What is clear is that Bersih 3.0 will be filled with all Pakatan supporters, and not the rakyat who want clean and fair elections. So bring on Bersih 3.0, who cares.

James1067: The reason there is no real effort to clean up the electoral roll and to make the necessary changes is because it is not in favour of the ruling government.

This upcoming election is the most crucial in the nation's history and most of the people have woken up to the fact that they have been shortchanged.

Quigonbond: As if it is not bad enough that Bersih 2.0 finds the PSC recommendations sorely lacking, these recommendations have been further shot to smithereens by the almighty Election Commission.

This is the hour when many a Malaysian would say "I told you so" - confirming the sentiment of skepticism when the PSC was set up. Did the government think it can get away with this charade?

Malaysians need Bersih 3.0, not because we're fond of being beaten by baton, inhaling tear gas or getting splashed by chemically-laced jet water, but because we know that some of our votes are only worth a fraction of the vote of someone in Putrajaya.

We march because we know that it will take Pakatan Rakyat at least 65 percent majority votes just to secure a simple majority in the Parliament, because the odds are stacked against them through gerrymandering, rigging and fraud.

We march to wake the rest of Malaysians up. It must be more than spectacular this time.

 

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