No more Black 505 rallies for now: Anwar
Posted on 23 June 2013 - 08:56pm
Last updated on 24 June 2013 - 08:05am
Last updated on 24 June 2013 - 08:05am
KUALA LUMPUR (June 23, 2013): Pakatan Rakyat will not be organising any more Black 505 rallies to protest the 13th general election results in the near future, opposition de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
"Not now, for now no, but I cannot speak up for the non-governmental organisations.
"As for Pakatan Rakyat, we have to move on (from the Black 505 rally), but the protest (against the results) will have to move on," he told a press conference after the opening of the Pakatan Rakyat Leaders Convention today.
Anwar said there were the petitions filed challenging the election results as well as interaction with foreign countries, such as the invitation he received to meet up with Indonesian President Sosilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"It's too obvious and too plain for the world, because there is the majority (won) and you can't ignore that Pakatan obtained a comfortable majority compared to BN.
"A certain point which is very relevant is the fact that we have adduced incontrovertible evidence to support our claim that there is mass rigging and fraud," he said.
Asked on whether this meant a transition from street rallies to other tools such as petitions, Anwar said, "The protest has to continue, that is obvious."
Meanwhile, on the turnout at the Black 505 rally on Saturday, Anwar said anyone with any sign of asthma or heart problems was advised not to attend.
***Anwar also said perhaps there could be some leaders within the Opposition coalition who were tired of the fight, a notion he called "fatigue syndrome".
"There are voices telling us to move on, but I would like to remind them that it is impossible to move forward without understanding the reality of history, past and present.
"These voices as PAS vice-chairman Datuk Husam Musa said, are the voices of Umno within Pakatan Rakyat, and should be rejected," he said.
Anwar related the incident in 2008, when the Opposition had a real hope of taking Putrajaya and everyone was fired up and passionate but when the victory eluded them they became disheartened.
Husam had on June 12, in a Black 505 rally in Ketereh, said he was confident any leader who voiced discord about the rallies within the coalition were 'Umno voices in PKR, PAS and DAP'.
"If they are disappointed, (ask) what is wrong with us expressing our disappointment by gathering together and giving speeches," he said.
DESIDERATA: Quoting this line from the report above, *** "Anwar also said perhaps there could be some leaders within the Opposition coalition who were tired of the fight, a notion he called "fatigue syndrome", I urge PR LEADERS. esp DS ANWAR IBRAHIM, to be "kinder" to other comrades who have earlier felt the "fatigue" -- including Furongknight, during Starry Starry Night, BUMmer DEsi-cum-koboi2! -- because THERE'S A TIME FOR EVERYTHING -- A time to build up, a time to tear down...
A TIME TO FIGHT, A TIME TO PAUSE AND TAKE RESPITE
SO WE FIGHT A BIGGER BATTLE NEXT TIME AROUND
WIT' GREATER RESOLVE AND AMMUNITION
AND "VICTORY"&V4VENDETTA will be ours,
Yours, Mine and AweOurKIndWHOCOMEAFTERUS.
May God bless all mighty Malaysians FIGHTING4JUSTICE
For JUSTICE AWEWAYS TRIUMPHS!
Amen/Amin
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