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PKR is having a Chinese New Year gathering at the Hokkien Association in Kelang from 1.00pm to 3.00pm tomorrow (Monday). I will be going there wearing my Anti-ISA T-shirt. I invite the rest of you to join me and do the same.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
PAS to protest against Rihanna concert said The Star today (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/25/nation/3116247&sec=nation).
I know many of you are going to get your knickers all twisted about this. After all, you are upholders of freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, and so on. So why is PAS, you are going to ask, not respectful towards these freedoms?
Okay, you may not agree with PAS demonstrating its opposition to ‘sexy’ concerts. I too share your view. I think this is so, so petty when we have bigger fishes to fry. It’s not like we already have a perfect society. There is much to do and many more important issues that need resolving. We really must get our priorities right here.
Nevertheless, I will not take PAS to task on their opposition to ‘sexy’ concerts. It is definitely their right to oppose anything they want to oppose. Freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, etc., is as much the right of PAS as it is ours. So they have every right to oppose ‘sexy’ concerts -- as it is our right to disagree with their opposition to it. That is what a civil society is all about: agreeing to disagree. If we can respect PAS’s right to oppose anything they view as ‘decadent’ and ‘immoral’, then we can demand that PAS also respect our views, although they need not agree with them. If we don’t respect PAS’s views then we certainly can’t demand the same from them.
So carry on opposing, PAS. I have no problems with that. What I want is only for you to set your priorities. Concerts are not the end of the world. It is far from the ‘Big One’. There are many other issues that also need addressing and ‘sexy’ concerts are way at the bottom of the priority list.
What I want PAS to address is the issue of the Internal Security Act. Read the following to recap on what I am talking about:
5 state govts back call to free ISA detainees, Guan Eng tells Makkal Sakthi crowd
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/5-state-govts-back-call-for-isa-detainees-release-guan-eng-tells-makkal-sakthi-crowd/
Marina Lee receives a standing ovation
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/marina-gets-a-standing-ovation/
Tomorrow, I shall be speaking to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to ask him to coordinate a five-state Anti-ISA Campaign. I want to see the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments putting their money where their mouths are. About 200 people have religiously participated in Anti-ISA Candlelight Vigils every Sunday since I was detained on 12 September 2008. Even when I was released on 7 November 2008 the vigils continued and a few days ago 21 people were charged for the crime of ‘illegal assembly’. These 21 were detained at the 9 November 2008 Candlelight Vigil, two days after I was released.
Incidentally, the bail for each of the 21 was RM1,500 and ten of them did not have the money to post bail. So I arranged to pay for their bail. The RM15,000 came from the money that was collected when I was sent to the Sungai Buloh Prison for three days in 2008. My own bail on the four charges that I face comes to RM7,000; so, thus far, we have spent RM22,000. We still have a balance of RM26,000, which will be used for future cases in the event there are further arrests.
Anyway, I am of the opinion we have achieved the objective of those Candlelight Vigils and maybe we need a change of strategy to get our message through to more people. After all, if we just hold the vigils in a dark car park in front of the PJ Civic Centre, only the 200 or so participants will be informed about the issue. What about the rest of the 26 million Malaysians? They too need to be exposed to the issue and the Candlelight Vigils are not achieving this.
What I want is for the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments to also join the Anti-ISA Campaign. They can do this by erecting a few signboards along the state roads just like how they do in Perak and Kelantan (like the ones that say’ Sembahyanglah sebelum kamu disembahyangkan’).
The signboards can read: ISA bertentangan dengan Islam, Islam opposes the ISA, Say NO to ISA, etc.). This will be the five state governments’ contribution to the Anti-ISA Campaign and in this way more Malaysians will get the message than what 200 people in a Candlelight Vigil can achieve.
PKR is having a Chinese New Year gathering at the Hokkien Association in Kelang from 1.00pm to 3.00pm tomorrow (Monday). I will be going there wearing my Anti-ISA T-shirt. I invite the rest of you to join me and do the same. We shall then ‘corner’ Anwar and get him to commit the five state governments to this second-level Anti-ISA Campaign. If they refuse then we will know that Pakatan Rakyat is merely paying lip service to the issue. We want them to put their money where their mouth is. There are no two ways about this.
Join me tomorrow and let’s hear what Anwar has to say about this matter. And it had better be what we want to hear. And after PAS has done with the ‘anti-sexy concert’ demonstration, maybe they can then start pressuring the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments, which they are also a part of, to do more for the Anti-ISA Campaign other than just talk. Majlis Perayaan Tahun Baru Cina KeADILan (26 Jan) 《毫不留情》民联，是实际行动的时候了
今天的星报报导说‘回教党抗议举行Rihanna演唱会’。 (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/25/nation/3116247&sec=nation)
我知道你们很多人会对此懊恼不已。你们毕竟是思想、言论、集会、结社等自由的捍卫者。所以你们会问，为何是回教党不尊敬这些自由呢?
好吧，你也许不同意回教党表达他们对这些‘性感’演唱会的不满。我也有同样看法。我觉得这只不过是很琐碎的事情，而我们还有更大的事要做呢。这不是说我们已经有一个很完美的社会。还有很多要做的事，也有很多重要的课题要解决。我们必须要搞清楚事情的优先前后。
尽管如此，我不会因此责备回教党。他们有绝对的权力去抗议任何事情。思想、言论、集会、结社等自由，是我们的权力，也是回教党的权力。所以他们有绝对的权力去抗议‘性感’演唱会 – 就如我们有绝对的权力不同意他们的看法一样。那才是一个公民社会∶异见同存。若我们能够尊敬回教党抗议他们认为是‘堕落’和‘不道德’的权力，那我们才能要求回教党尊敬我们的看法，即使他们是不同意的。若我们不尊敬回教党的看法，那我们就不能要求他们做出同样的事情。
所以，回教党就继续抗议吧。对我而言是没问题的。我只不过要你们定下你们的优先前后。演唱会并不是世界末日。这比起‘The Big One’还很遥远。还有很多其它的课题需要处理，而‘性感’演唱会是排在优先列单的最下面。
我要回教党处理的是内安法令课题。读一读以下的文章，温故一下我所说的到底是什么:
冠英告诉人民力量群众，五州政府支持释放内安法令扣留犯的呼吁 http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/5-state-govts-back-call-for-isa-detainees-release-guan-eng-tells-makkal-sakthi-crowd/
马丽娜李受到起立鼓掌欢迎
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/marina-gets-a-standing-ovation/
明天，我将会和拿督斯里安华见面，要求他带动一个五州反内安法令运动。我要看到民联五州兑现诺言。自从我在2008年9月12日被扣留以来，共有200人在每个星期天都风雨不改得参加了反内安法令烛光会。即使我在2008年11月7日被释放之后，烛光会还是继续举行。几天前，共有21名人士被控‘非法聚会 ’之罪。这21个人在2008年11月9日被扣留。也就是我被释放后两天。
顺带一提的是，这21人，每人的保释金马币1500元。其中十人没有能力缴付保释金。所以我就为他们安排缴付有关保释金。这马币15,000元是来自大家的筹款，是我当时在2008年被送进双溪毛糯监狱的三天筹到的。我所面对的四项控状的保释金共是马币7,000元。因此我们共用了马币22,000元。我们还剩下马币26,000元。这些钱将会用在往后的同类事项。
无论如何，我觉得我们的烛光会已达到其目标。或许我们应该换一换策略来传达我们的讯息给更多的人知道。毕竟，若我们只在八打灵公民中心前面的漆黑停车场拿蜡烛的话，只有约200名参与者能够收到讯息。那么其它的2千6百万马来西亚人呢? 他们也需要接触了解有关课题，而烛光会则办不到这点。
我所要的是民联五州政府也参与反内安法令的运动。他们可以在州内道路设立告示牌，就像他们在霹雳及吉兰丹所作那样(就像那些写着‘在您未成为被祈祷的对象前，祈祷吧’的告示牌)。
告示牌可以写着: 内安法令违反回教，回教反对内安法令，对内安法令说不，等等的。这将是五州政府对反内安法令运动的贡献。这样一来，更多的马来西亚人会收到讯息，比200人的烛光会还有效。
公正党将在巴生福建会馆举行华人新年聚会。时间是明天（星期一）下午一时正至三时正。我会穿者我的反内安法令T恤出席。我邀请大家随我一起做同样的事。我们然后把安华迫至一隅，要他承诺促使五州政府参与这第二波的反内安法令运动。若他们拒绝，那我们就知道民联对这课题只是空谈不做而已。我们要他们做出实际的行动。除此之外，别无他法。
大家明天就跟着我去吧。去听听安华会怎么回应。最好是我们所要听到的。回教党在忙完他们的‘反性感演唱会’示威后，应该可以开始向民联五州政府施压了。他们也是民联五州政府的一部分，更不应该空谈不做了。
Translated by ecs283 http://cblog.cari.com.my/html/09/61909.html
Edited by Pratamad https://airkosong.com/_/
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