Pubblichiamo in esclusiva un intervento del nostro autore Brian Gomez sulle ultime vicende legate al movimento BERSIH, che sta conducendo una battaglia per chiedere riforme in Malesia. Dopo il “continua” la traduzione in italiano.
The BERSIH rally took place in the heart of Kuala Lumpur on July 9 2011. The rally was held to demand free and fair elections in Malaysia, where the Election Commission is seen to be heavily biased in favour of the ruling government. The group BERSIH (which means “clean” in Malay) had wanted to march from the city to the palace to present a memo to King in which 8 demand were made to ensure free and fair elections. The government, however, decided to ban the group and arrested more than a thousand people on the day, claiming that the opposition had hijacked the group. This article aims to show that while it is true that the opposition had hijacked BERSIH, the government too had hijacked the group for their own agenda. It aims to show that the people can never trust politicians, who have their own agendas, and should instead listen to the views of those individuals and NGOs who are really behind BERSIH – ordinary Malaysians who simply want free and fair elections.
