Stop the pre-election violence before it gets out of hand
The recent spate of violence against the nationwide PKR
bus-tour election campaign is a cause of serious concern for all Malaysians
regardless of their political affiliation. This is not the first of such violent
acts against the opposition. Its leaders notably DSAI have been harassed many
times in the past. Even non-political leaders like Bersih Chairman,Datuk Ambiga
Sreenevasan had been harassed after the recent Bersih 2.0 rally.
Despite numerous police reports, the police is yet to act
against those who resort to violence to disrupt the opposition ceramahs. It is
ironical that the police instead of acting against provocateurs, have instead
chosen to act against those who are victims of such rude and violent provocations. The latest
act of the police to arrest one of DSAI’s bodyguards bears testimony to this lop-sided
attitude of the police.
Polls violence is a concern for all citizens who want a
peaceful election to choose the government of their choice. The police must
show its neutrality to protect all parties from gangsters and thugs without
fear or favour.Voting or not voting out of fear will tantamount to making a
mockery of the democratic process which we claim to have been practicing for
over half a century.
Its time for the IGP to issue the strongest warning to those
who flout the laws of the country. He must not hesitate to act promptly against
those who defy his warnings. He has the power to stop this thug rule that is
becoming a threat to the peace, harmony and security of the nation.
But will he rise up to do his duty which he pledged to the
nation and the people? The vast majority of Malaysians doubt his will to do so as
they are by now convinced that his police force is for the BN rather than the rakyat.
It is time for him to prove them wrong once and for all.
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