Friday, July 8, 2011

Oi, where are the people who always shout DERHAKA?

The King has granted permission for Bersih to gather in a stadium. Our home minister says Bersih is still illegal and asked Bersih to apply via another platform. Let's say Bersih applies using the name "Jernih", but the King allows Bersih and not Jernih. Then the police will say the King allowed Bersih and there's no Jernih, so no permission. So in the end no rally , even in the stadium and we are back to square one.  But what is clear in this episode is that the home minister has overstepped his powers and questioned the advice and instructions of the King. What do you call that which umno and Perkasa were so keen to use on others - DERHAKA . Compared to the PSM members who are now detained under EO, who is more Derhaka? Hisham has openly declared his defiance against the King with his "just because Tuanku met them, doesn't mean they are no longer illegal". So now he is saying that the King is in cahoot with an illegal party, for he has declared that anyone, anything that is associated or connected with Bersih has broken the law and will be arrested. Where are the people, like Perkasa, who are always shouting Dehaka? And where is Ibrahim Ali who questioned the King for meeting with Bersih? I guess he realised he had said a word too many and has thus decided to stay at home and instruct his followers to take a stroll in K.L.

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