keep 10 nov. free because…

… if you care for a clean and fair election.

gabungan pilihanraya bersih dan adil (coalition for clean and fair election – BERSIH as its acronymn) is organising a gathering at dataran merdeka on 10 nov.

the deiails as taken from its blog:

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BERSIH People’s Gathering

Venue: Dataran Merdeka
Date: 10 November 2007
Time: 3pm

Objective:

BERSIH’s campaign for electoral reform is endorsed by 29 NGOs and 5 political parties. Our immediate demands are:

1. The use of indelible ink
2. A cleanup of the electoral roll
3. The abolition of domestic postal voting
4. Fair access to the media

* Find out more about BERSIH in the “About BERSIH” and “Joint Communique” sections of this website.

Guidelines for the Gathering:

1. Participants are encouraged to wear YELLOW (clothing, headband, armband, ribbon, etc).

2. This is a PEACEFUL gathering so please do not bring anything which, if deemed to pose a danger to other participants, can be confiscated by our security personnel.

3. Participants are NOT ENCOURAGED to drive directly to the venue. The underground carpark at Putra Place is closed. Park your car elsewhere and walk to the venue or take public transport such as the LRT.

4. Please DO NOT LITTER at the venue. Take all your rubbish with you.

5. Please BEHAVE PROPERLY at all times.

6. Participants are encouraged to bring placards with the words: “Clean & Fair Elections Now”, “Restore Our Rights”, “Save Malaysia”, “Fair Access to Media”, Clean up Electoral Roll”, “Abolish Postal Voting” in all languages.

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for other further information on the gathering please don’t forget to visit its website.

there’s a disturbing news though – i read in jeff’s blog that this nov. 10 gathering by BERSIH had been spun as a PKR (parti keadilan rakayat) event. 

Just a word of caution to the leaders marshalling the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH).

It appears that BERSIH’s November 10 Rally is being spun as a Parti Keadilan Rakyat event, so as to paint the party with a broadstroke, smearing it as street-fighting rowdies of the reformasi days, or instigators of the bloody Batu Buruk Incident.

We need to correct this. Wrong perception may allow the authorities to justify their actions later.

BERSIH is a congregation of 26 NGOs and 5 Opposition political parties from Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak. People must know that.

We must tell the people that wearing of yellow on November 10 indicates the solidarity towards the common cause: We are all for a free and fair electoral system that commensurates with democracy.

Alert Amnesty International to present themselves for a live witness, if necessary.