KENYATAAN MEDIA BERSIH 2.0 (11 OGOS 2014) BERSIH 2.0 hari ini berpendirian bahawa Pakatan Rakyat perlu dengan kadar segera menamakan Menteri Besar yang baharu dari kalangan mereka untuk menangani dan menamatkan krisis perlembagaan yang sedang melanda Selangor. BERSIH 2.0 terkejut dan kecewa dengan kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim berkaitan […]
Jemputan Media: Perbicaraan Mejar Zaidi Ahmad di Mahkamah Tentera mengenai isu dakwat kekal PRU13
(10 Ogos 2014) UNTUK SIARAN SEGERA SIAPA: Pegawai kanan Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM), Mejar Zaidi Ahmad BILA: 11-13 Ogos 2014 (Isnin-Rabu); 9am. DI MANA: Mahkamah Tentera, Pangkalan TUDM Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur. APA: Pada 7 Februari 2014, Mejar Zaidi dari Pangkalan Udara Butterworth mengaku tidak bersalah terhadap lima pertuduhan melanggar perintah Majlis Angkatan Tentera (dengan membuat laporan […]
BERSIH 2.0: Utusan’s accusations baseless
MEDIA STATEMENT (4 August 2014) The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) is not surprised that Utusan Malaysia news editor Zulkiflee Bakar has chosen to misrepresent our recent statement condemning race-based delineation, given the well-known reputation of the UMNO-owned media and their ideology of championing race above all else. In his column […]
Time for Parliament reform
By Maria Chin Abdullah, BERSIH 2.0 chairperson In 2011, Malaysians were promised by the Najib Abdul Razak administration that there will be “functional and inclusive democracy”, which he solemnly declared in his Malaysia Day message. However, making the Parliament function and inclusive is an uphill task and only rarely exciting. One such rare instance […]
BERSIH 2.0: Race-based delineation unconstitutional
MEDIA STATEMENT (31 July 2014) The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) is appalled that the idea of delineating according to race and religion is being considered by PAS. This was revealed in a leaked extract of a Whatsapp discussion among top PAS leaders regarding the Selangor Menteri Besar crisis, and […]
Change polls system, not just processes
By Maria Chin Abdullah, BERSIH 2.0 chairperson At the lecture organised by Bersih 2.0, Society for the Promotion of Human Rights, Malaysia (Proham) and Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) last Sunday, University of Glasgow’s Prof Sarah Birch, an international leading expert on electoral malpractice, one common question struck many members of […]
BERSIH 2.0’s delineation project turns a new page in collaboration with Tindak Malaysia
MEDIA RELEASE (22 July 2014) The Delineation Action and Research Team (DART) joint project between the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) and ENGAGE is set to gain further traction with the support of Tindak Malaysia following a meeting between all parties last week in Kuala Lumpur. DART leader Thomas Fann, who is […]
Speech by BERSIH 2.0 chairperson at Opposition Leader’s 2014 State of the Nation Address
Speech by Maria Chin Abdullah, Chairperson of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) at the Opposition Leader’s State of the Nation Address: Towards A Cohesive Nation, on 9 July 2014 at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur. Good evening to everyone. Thank you, Dato’ Seri, for giving me this opportunity. […]
On rally anniversary, BERSIH 2.0 appeals for donations to attain goal
MEDIA STATEMENT (9 July 2014) Three years on after the momentous Bersih 2 gathering that saw thousands in Kuala Lumpur turning up to defy a lockout of the city centre, Malaysians are yet to see the demands we had rallied for. Of the original eight demands of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH […]
BERSIH 2.0, SUARAM reiterate call for IPCMC in wake of violence to peaceful protesters
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT (8 July 2014) The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) are shocked at the police’s violent response to the Himpunan Hijau protesters at the Lynas plant in Kuantan on 22 June 2014. This incident raises yet again the question whether […]