Malaysiakini

Adam Adli Abdul Halim has been subjected to interrogation for two days in a row and was not even given a pillow or a blanket to sleep, said lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, who visited student activist today.

Fadiah who met Adam Adli with his father, Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, at the Jinjang police detention centre at 1.30pm today, had to wait a long time before they could see him.

“After waiting for some time, his father and I were allowed to meet Adam. Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan, who was also present, was not allowed to see him.

“Halim and I were then led into a room where we met Adam Adli, who was behind a glass panel. We had difficulty communicating with him and for me, being his lawyer, it was difficult to ask for instructions,” Fadiah said.

The lawyer said Adam told her that he was subject to continuous interrogation from 10am to 6pm on Sunday and Monday, with the police asking him the same questions over and over again.

In between the interrogations, Adam said, there were short breaks.

However, Fadiah said Adam chose to remain quiet, stopped answering the repetitive questions and told the interrogating officer to watch the video recording of his speech.

No hint whether remand will end on Thursday

The 24-year-old student, who has been suspended by Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, had been remanded since Saturday under Section 4 of the Sedition Act for his speech at a post election forum organised by Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) on May 13.

Fadiah (right) said the meeting lasted less than 30 minutes and that she does not know whether the police will apply to extend Adam Adli’s five-day remand order, which expires on Thursday.

“However, we are glad to see that he is quite well,” the lawyer added.

A candlelight vigil in support of Adam has been held outside the Jinjang police detention centre for the past two nights, and also in front of Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang last night.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak promised last year to repeal the Sedition Act 1948 and replace it with a National Harmony Act.

Despite such promises, the sedition law is still being used against individuals such as Adam Adli. Others also facing sedition charges are DAP chairperson Karpal Singh and Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P Uthayakumar.

Malaysia-Chronicle

PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli ridiculed his rivals in Umno for cowardice and being out of touch with the people over a spate of rallies that have taken the nation by storm.

“Intimidation and fear tactics don’t work anymore. It only worked on Zahid Hamidi in 1998, that’s why he turned around within the first 2 weeks after the first demo. If Zahid Hamidi thinks everyone is like him, he is sorely out of touch with the public,” mocked Rafizi, who is also the newly-elected MP for Pandan.

“You can see that despite several statements made by the authorities, the people are still coming out because this is a big issue. I would suggest that Zahid does not interfere in the job of the police. Let the police do their work professionally. We don’t need another Home Minister who makes the silliest comments.”

Zahid’s U-turn of the decade!

Rafizi was referring to Umno vice president Zahid Hamidi, who taking over as Home Minister from Hishammddin Hussein last week had promptly warned the Opposition and rally-goers that action would soon be taken against them.

In the 1990s, Zahid was a staunch supporter of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, who had then been the Umno deputy president. Zahid had protested against Anwar’s jailing on trumped-up sodomy and corruption charges in 1998, but recanted and cut all ties with Anwar after former premier Mahathir Mohamad threw him into jail under the Internal Security Act. Zahid was released in 1999 after he reversed his stance and declared loyalty to the Umno leadership controlled by Mahathir.

It is also worth noting that during the 53th Umno General Assembly in 1997, Zahid had lashed out against Mahathir, calling for an end to cronyism and nepotism in the government. In response, Mahathir publicized the names of those Malay/Bumiputeras who had received shares and high positions in government-linked corporations (GLCs) and these had included Zahid.

Not your father’s country either : Stop the polemics and do your job!

Apart from sabre rattling on the Blackout 505 rallies spearheaded by Anwar and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition, Zahid has also attracted public odium for himself and his Umno party for saying that those unhappy with the current political system in Malaysia should migrate.

His brash comments sparked a wave of public condemnation and added impetus to the Blackout 505 movement to protest electoral fraud and to demand re-elections in seats where the Opposition claims it has accumulated evidence of vote-rigging and phantom voters.

Zahid’s comments have also sparked a wave of “lu siapa” and “ini bukan negara bapa kau” (who are you to ask us to leave, this is not your father’s country) comments against him at the rallies.

“This country is also not (Anwar’s) father’s. It is neither my father’s country nor his father’s country,” Zahid said in an outburst to the press earlier this morning.

Although not a week has elapsed since he was picked to replace the controversial Hisham, who was slammed for stirring up hornets’ nests and creating racial tensions, it looks like Zahid may “outperform” his predecessor going by the fires he has lit in just the space of a few days.

“If he has time, he should tackle the issue of false I.C.s and phantom voters. That is more in line with his job. He needs to know the boundaries and not interfere with the professional work of the police,” said Rafizi.

Would anyone take heed of what Mukhriz says?

The 36-year-old PKR leader also slammed Mukhriz Mahathir for disallowing a Blackout 505 rally scheduled for Tuesday night to be held at a stadium in Alor Setar. Mukhriz, who is Mahathir’s youngest son and newly-appointed chief minister of Kedah, had drawn flak for his high-handed action and accused of being “like father like son”.

“It doesn’t surprise us at all because they have always behaved us this way. It doesn’t even register on our mind what he (Mukhriz) says or what kind of warnings he makes because we have stepped forward to a new Malaysia to a much more liberated Malaysia. What he thins belong to the past and I dont think a lot of people will take heed of what he says,” said Rafizi

“We are more interested in maintaining professional relations with the police because public safety and public order is of utmost importance and we are sure that any rallies if done properly and with full cooperation with the police will have positive results as has taken place in the past two weeks.”

New IGP and Blackout 505 in Kedah to proceed

When asked if the new Inspector General of Police Khalid Bakar who last week took over from the retiring Ismail Omar would affacet Pakatan’s relations with the police, Rafizi said he would wait and see.

Khalid has been widely condemned over many cases and he has even been caught red-handed trying to cover up mis-practices and wrong-doings such as in the Kugan Ananthan murder case as well as in trying to insinuate wrong-doing on the part of the Opposition to give Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration a ‘boost’ in image.

Such partisan conduct by the senior members of the police force has led to a tremendous loss of public confidence in the police, with most Malaysians having the perception that their cops were out to harm them or solicit bribes rather to protect them and maintain law and order.

“We are more than willing to wait and see. I am more than willing to give the benefit of doubt to Khalid Bakar,” said Rafizi.

He added that the Blackout 505 rally in Kedah would proceed and a new venue to be announced on the social media network soon.

“I am sure 40 to 50,000 people will still come to Alor Setar or Pokok Sena, even if it has to be held in Mahfuz Omar’s house,” said Rafizi, referring to the Kedah PAS commissioner, who is helping to organize the event.

The Malaysian Insider

PKR’s Rafizi Ramli today offered proof of phantom voters, which he alleged was widespread fraud that could potentially “discredit” the recently-concluded general election, besides put the integrity of Malaysia’s identity card in doubt.

“The moment you have similar IC used by different people, so much so that the genuine or actual person proving the identity is denied to vote, that means this is part of a bigger planning to allow phantom voters to come in,” the PKR strategy director said at a press conference.

Rafizi (picture)listed eight people who had approached PKR about being denied their right to vote as others had already voted in their names, while also showing reporters the police reports which he said they had lodged voluntarily.

The Pandan MP said that these complaints were also made in the constituencies where the federal opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) had won, which he said showed that the alleged electoral fraud was “widespread” and “systemic”.

But Rafizi said that such evidence has bigger implications than just proving the existence of phantom voters in the electoral roll, claiming that the National Registration Department (NRD) had failed to guarantee that the country’s ICs are genuine and unique to all Malaysians.

“What comfort do we have that our ICs are now not subjected to counterfeiting, not subjected to fraud, where people can have multiple ICs to do various things with different identities?” he asked.

In Sabah, a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) panel today resumed its hearings on the state’s illegal immigrants issue and allegations that foreigners were given citizenship in exchange for their votes.

The Malaysian Insider

The Barisan Nasional (BN) government should not introduce the “regressive” Goods and Services Tax (GST) which, together with promised tax cuts, will “punish the poor”, PKR’s Wong Chen has said.

“It is regressive, it punishes the poor rather than the rich,” the PKR trade and investment bureau chief said of the proposed GST scheme at the party’s headquarters here today.

Wong (picture)claimed that the BN government’s rationale of bringing in the new tax scheme to widen the tax base was “fundamentally flawed”.

The Kelana Jaya MP explained that the majority of Malaysians are not evading the payment of tax to the government, but are instead earning too little to pay taxes.

It is estimated that currently only about 10 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population pay taxes.

Wong also said the BN administration should look at tackling corruption and dubious mega-projects first before looking at implementing the GST.

Malaysia-Chronicle

Newly-elected MP for Pandan Rafizi Ramli challenged Khairy Jamaluddin, Umno’s newly-appointed minister, to speak up on the issue of phantom voters, which the political Opposition in the country has blamed as being one of the main factors that “robbed” them of victory at the May 5 general election.

“I would welcome Khairy who has happily assumed his seat in the Cabinet to speak up on this matter. He models himself as a reformist – so what does he have to say in the face of the mass of evidence that has been accumulated,” Rafizi Ramli, who is also the PKR strategy director, told a press conference on Monday.

The 36-year-old Rafizi had earlier revealed the names of 8 voters who have lodged police reports when they were barred from voting after the records showed that “other people had already voted using their names”.

“This implies that false ICs (identification cards) may have been issued by the National Registration Department to allow the phantom voters to go to the balloting stations and cast their votes,” said Rafizi.

Malaysiakini

PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli today revealed the names of eight individuals who had made police reports about someone else voting on their behalf across the country, which he says proves the existence of phantom voters.

He added that PKR will start revealing evidence of electoral fraud that happened during the May 5 election beginning this week.

Rafizi (right) said that the party and Pakatan Rakyat coalition have now collected enough evidence and will be releasing them periodically.

“We will have one press conference every two or three days to reveal things to the media, while others will go into our election petitions,” said the newly-elected Pandan MP.

Malaysia-Chronicle

In a bid to suppress massive public support for the Black505 rallies kicked off by Anwar Ibrahim, it looks like Prime Minister Najib Razak has reverted to scare tactics and draconian measures just days after unveiling a new “transformational” Cabinet and promised to practise “the best democracy”.

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the PKR state assemblyman for Seri Setia, was charged in the Petaling Jaya Sessions court on Friday morning over the recently-held Kelana Jaya rally to protest fraud and irregularities in the May 5 general election.

According to his lawyer Eric Paulsen, Nik was charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act for allegedly failing to give 10 days notice to the police before the Suara Rakyat Suara Keramat or Black505 rally was held on May 8.

“The charge is an abuse of process and against public policy. The prosecution is done in bad faith, selective and politically-motivated. We will be filing an application to set aside the charge and to declare Section 9 of PAAA as unconstitutional and therefore null and void,” Eric told Malaysia Chronicle.

Landmark rally: Don’t concede defeat – Gen Y

Anwar, the Opposition Leader who had refused to concede defeat, had launched the rally to protest the electoral victory that he claims was stolen from his Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

The landmark gathering at the Kelana Jaya stadium had drawn more than 150,000 people from all walks of life, mostly young Malaysians in their 20s and 30s who came despite the short notice. Concerned about the fraud allegations, many urged Anwar not to give up or concede defeat.

“I pleaded not guilty,” Nik Nazmi tweeted out shortly after he was charged.

“Kinda like a police state right? Rule by fear, intimidation and favours,” his PKR collegue Nurul Izzah, the Lembah Pantai MP, said on her Twitter.

Nurul, Kelana Jaya MP Wong Chen and DAP’s Ronnie Liu had gone to the court to show solidarity for Nik Nazmi, who is also the PKR communications chief.

“Eerie looking @ the numerous policemen, special branch officers &fru s on standby for @niknazmi s case. Reminiscent of 1998. PJ,” tweeted Nurul.

Najib fights for political survival

Apart from the landmark Kelana Jaya rally, Pakatan has held mega-rallies in Penang, Ipoh, Kuantan and Johor. Tonight, Anwar and team will be in Seremban and next week in Kedah (Tuesday, May 21), Terengganu (Thursday, May 23), Malacca (Friday, May 24).

So far, not less than 500,000 people have come to see the Pakatan leaders talk about GE13 fraud. The unprecedented public support may indeed be w

‘BN confirming their guilt’

The latest high-handed police action is also unlikely to deter the Pakatan from carrying on with their wildly-successive ‘roadshows’. Neither is it likely to stop the people, who braved the rain to see their ‘heroes’, from coming to the future rallies.

“It will only create greater public disgust and unhappiness with Najib Razak. Already the people feel he is not a legitimate prime minister and BN not a legitimate government because of the electoral cheating which many experienced first-hand for themselves, such as the indelible ink which washed out in less than an hour,” PKR MP for Batu Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.

“By using the police and under-handed tactics to the Black505 rallies, BN is only confirming their own guilt making things worse for themselves.”

Crackdown on organizers

Police have also hauled up the alleged organisers for Wednesday’s Black505 rally held in front of the PKR’s office in Taman Puteri Wangsa, Johor.

PKR state secretary Abdul Shukor bin Ayob and state work secretary Yuneswaran A/L Ramaraj were called up for alleged involvement in the gathering which drew a crowd of more than 60,000.

“The move to interview them over the event is an intimidation of those seeking to exercise their right to assemble in a peaceful manner,” PKR’s communications bureau had said in a statement issued on Thursday.

According to PKR officials, Nik Nazmi was charged under Section 9(1) of Peaceful Assembly Act and faces a fine of up to RM10,000 if found guilty. Lawyer Eric Paulsen is representing the 32-year-old assemblyman.

hy Prime Minister Najib Razak is moving to mow down the Pakatan’s momentum.

The 59-year-old PM, whose announcement of a new Cabinet just days ago was brushed aside by an indifferent public, seems to be in a quandry as to how to quell the uprising of popular support for his political rivals.

The Pakatan has identified 27 seats in the federal Parliament that they claim were won “dubiously”. They want a review and re-election in these seats.

But fighting for his own political survival, Najib is unlikely to agree. Most analysts expect him to use a combination of delaying and scare tactics to defuse the situation.

Malaysia-Chronicle

Business news website The Edge has said the results of a recent online poll on PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim was “compromised” and has likely been hijacked  by cybertroopers.

In a report yesterday the website reported that the threefold spike in respondents to that particular survey fuelled suspicion as the site normally attracted 2,000 to 4,000 respondents.

“On Tuesday May 14, when The Edge’s online editor Ho Wah Foon saw that the one-week survey had attracted 12,736 responses which were overwhelmingly one-sided, she immediately took down the poll.

“Upon checking, the Edge’s IT department found that 6,354 of the responses came from one IP address, and about 1,700 came from several IP addresses within the same building.

“Another 2,000 responses came from seven different IP addresses.

“From this, it was obvious that the poll had been compromised and the results could not be treated as reliable or objective,” said the website.

The online poll had asked readers whether Anwar should continue to lead Pakatan Rakyat or step down following the coalition’s failure to win in the May 5 general election.

A whopping 10,396 of the 12,736 polled felt that Anwar “should call it quits” as he made this pledge to step down should Pakatan fail to wrest federal power on May 5.

PKR vice-president N Surendran responded to the polls saying the poll did not reflect the sentiment on the ground in favour of Anwar.

“This poll result is completely contradicted by the massive ground support Anwar has been receiving throughout the country since he announced that he would not accept the fraudulent GE results and would fight on to take Putrajaya,” said Surendran.

In the recently concluded general election, Pakatan was denied a win despite gaining 53.3 percent of the popular vote.

Saya merujuk kepada keputusan bancian yang dikeluarkan pada 16 Mei 2013 yang mendapati bahawa 81% rakyat Malaysia mahu Ketua Pembangkang, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim bersara dari politik. Keputusan bancian tersebut sangat tidak tepat memandangkan sokongan padu yang diterima Dato ‘ Seri Anwar Ibrahim di seluruh negara sejak beliau mengumumkan tidak akan menerima keputusan PRU13 yang penuh penipuan dan akan terus berjuang menawan Putrajaya. Sokongan ini dapat dilihat dengan kehadiran ratusan ribu rakyat Malaysia menyambut Anwar di himpunan yang sedang berjalan di seluruh negara. Di media sosial, di himpunan awam dan jalanan, majoriti rakyat bersatu mahukan Anwar berjuang hingga selesai.

Anwar dan Pakatan Rakyat meraih 52% undi popular dan BN 47% walaupun dengan persempadanan semula, penipuan dan amalan berat sebelah dalam proses pilihanraya. Ini bermakna majoriti rakyat Malaysia menyokong Pakatan Rakyat membentuk kerajaan Persekutuan, dan Anwar sebagai Perdana Menteri. Anwar walaubagaimanapun akan meneruskan tugas sebagai ketua Pakatan Rakyat sehingga kemenangan dicapai dan kehendak rakyat sangat memberi kesan. Ia akan menjadi satu beban besar jika Anwar bersara dari politik di saat-saat getir sejarah negara. Situasinya mungkin berlainan jika Barisan Nasional memenangi PRU13 dengan adil dan dalam situasi tersebut Anwar mungkin akan meneruskan niat beliau untuk bersara dari politik.

Tanpa kira apa yang bakal berlaku pada masa depan, Anwar telah mendapat tempat yang sangat besar dalam sejarah kita dan dalam hati kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia; perjalanan perjuangan politik yang panjang menyebabkan wujudnya sistem dua-parti yang sangat efektif kepada negara, dan membawa demokrasi yang matang kepada Malaysia. Masih banyak lagi yang perlu diselesaikan. BN tidak dapat dibantu lagi, tidak dapat diperbaharui; dan demi kebaikan negara ini, mereka perlu diberhentikan dari kuasa. Rakyat tahu tentang ini dan ini adalah sebab mengapa mereka akan terus menyokong perjuangan Anwar untuk demokrasi dan keadilan di Malaysia.

Diisu oleh,

N SURENDRAN

NAIB PRESIDEN, KEADILAN

MP PADANG SERAI

16 Mei 2013

Malaysiakini

Over 30,000 people crowded an open space near the Puteri Wangsa PKR branch near Ulu Tiram last night for Pakatan Rakyat’s fifth Black 505 rally held in Johor Bahru.

After mega rallies in Petaling Jaya, Penang, Ipoh and Kuantan, the rally, which was subjected to a late venue change in response to police objection, drew in a mostly young crowd who made clear their displeasure at the 13th general election result.

The crowd, undeterred by the drizzle, comprised Johoreans from all races who seemed eager to see a change in the federal government.

Organisers said that some 100 police personnel had been on standby throughout the night, but did not interfere in the four-hour rally.

Electoral reform

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, who put in an appearance at about 10pm just before the conclusion of  the rally, said that he was not stepping down or retiring because he had the majority support from the rakyat.

“Where is a country in this world where a leader gets 47 percent of the popular vote and rules the country?

“I am not stepping down because I got 51 percent of the popular vote and was denied a win because of fraud,” he said to the enthusiastic crowd.

Organisers had later put the crowd estimate at about 60,000 people.

Johor DAP youth leader and Mengkibol assemblyperson Tan Hong Pin, meanwhile, urged the crowd to  chew over  what role they can play in the process of electoral reform.

“I urged the supporters to not give up as the mission ahead of us is much bigger,” he said when contacted by Malaysiakini yesterday.

Some cars of rally participants were reportedly vandalised. Newly-minted Kulai parliamentarian Teo Nie Ching said in a Facebookposting:

“I was back to home safely from the 505 blackout rally. But cars of some attendees were sprayed with acid, one of them is my DAP member in Kulai who parked his car 1km away from the venue.”

The Malaysian Insider

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) today distanced itself from calls for street protests to overturn the results of Election 2013, with Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim saying the pact will stick to indoor rallies to “voice their disgust” at alleged electoral fraud in the May 5 polls.

Anwar said calls for a mass street protest to oust the elected Barisan Nasional (BN) administration did not originate from PR but from affiliated non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

“These are just suggestions and it was never raised to the leadership and it is not something that is adopted by leadership,” he told a press conference after chairing a PR presidential council meeting here.

Several activists were reported suggesting mass street protests to remove BN from power, alleging that the coalition had won Election 2013 fraudulently.

Among them was Hishammuddin Rais, a steering committee member of poll reforms group Bersih.

The left-leaning leader was reported to have told a forum on Monday that street demonstrations was the best recourse to affect a change in government, claiming that attempts to challenge the election results through legal channels would be futile.

PR has repeatedly alleged that Election 2013 was marred with widespread electoral fraud.

Anything But Umno (ABU) coordinator, Harris Ibrahim had also echoed the view. Online news portal Free Malaysia Today had quoted him as saying that voters should topple the BN government through street rallies.

PR has repeatedly alleged that Election 2013 was marred with widespread electoral fraud.

The Malaysian Insider had earlier reported that PR leaders have admitted that their post-Election 2013 public rallies, despite their mammoth following, will soon run out of steam and was unlikely to change the outcome of the just-concluded polls.

Amid incessant cries for re-election, newly-elected PR lawmakers said the events were merely to keep the momentum going for the federal opposition pact and to serve as a reminder to Malaysians that a majority 51 per cent of the electorate had voted out Barisan Nasional (BN) even though the pact returned to power.

They agreed that theirs was a losing battle as the odds were stacked against them, despite acknowledging the existence of legal avenues to challenge results in certain constituencies where they believe they have sufficient evidence of fraud.

But while most insist the rallies are necessary, a silent few in PR have agreed that it is time to move on and admit defeat before Malaysians begin to regard their leaders as “sore losers”.

Anwar, however, insisted that the rallies are necessary as an avenue for the voters to voice their protest against the rigged results.

“We must allow the people to voice their disgust,” he said.

PR lost its bid for Putrajaya in the May 5 polls last week, polling 89 seats to BN’s 133, but picked up seven seats more than it did in Election 2008.

The federal opposition pact had cried foul when the overall results failed to reflect the popular vote trend, which saw PR polling 51 per cent to BN’s 48 per cent, an outcome they blamed on gerrymandering and vote-rigging by their political foes.

Anwar immediately put his earlier retirement plans on hold to protest the election results, leading his team to hold a series of mammoth nationwide rallies to prove a majority of the Malaysian electorate support them.

After commanding large crowds in Petaling Jaya and Penang, PR held its third rally in Ipoh, Perak, last weekend, where Anwar vowed never to surrender until the polls results are validated and PR claims its rightful place at Putrajaya.

Malaysiakini

Ketua umum PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata Pakatan Rakyat akan menyerahkan bukti mengenai penipuan yang didakwanya berlaku dalam pilihan raya umum 5 Mei lalu kepada Presiden Amerika Syarikat Barack Obama.

Berucap dalam Himpunan ‘Black 505′ di Kuantan malam tadi, Anwar berkata Pakatan mahu kuasa besar itu menjawab mengenai kemenangan BN yang didakwanya turut disumbangkan oleh pengundi bukan warganegara Malaysia.

“Oh, katanya tadi Obama telefon kepada Datuk Seri Najib. Tak apa, tak ada masalah. Tapi saya nak beritahu kepada Presiden Obama… Amerika pun lancar perang di Iraq, untuk apa? Untuk demokrasi di Iraq.

“Saya nak beritahu kepada Amerika, kita akan beri bukti penipuan dan (kita) nak tengok kamu akan kata apa. Malaysia ini dimenangi oleh Umno pada pilihan raya baru-baru ini, bukan sahaja dengan undi rakyat Malaysia, tapi undi Banglasia,” kata Anwar.

Kira-kira 30,000 hadirin yang dihadir di markaz PKR di Jalan Beserah malam tadi bersorak dan meniupkan vuvuzela sebagai sokongan ke atas kenyataan Anwar itu.

Tokoh PKR itu mengulas laporan Bernama sebelum itu bahawa Obama menelefon Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak untuk mengucapkan tahniah kepada perdana menteri atas kejayaan beliau mendapat mandat daripada rakyat pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 untuk terus menerajui Malaysia.

Dalam panggilan mengejut itu, Obama menyatakan beliau faham dan menerima proses dan keputusan PRU13 baru-baru ini di Malaysia.

Laporan yang memetik kenyataan Pejabat Perdana Menteri itu menyebut, Presiden AS itu turut diberi taklimat mengenai usaha kerajaan Malaysia untuk memastikan proses pilihan raya yang bersih dan adil.

Dalam ucapannya juga, Anwar yang juga ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh membidas Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang didakwanya menerima dakwaan undi bukan warganegara Malaysia sebagai “perkara biasa”.

“Dan SPR terima itu sebagai perkara biasa. Yalah, dia ada kad pengenalan biru. Penipu! Jawapan yang tidak bertanggungjawab.

“Sebab itu, saya katakan nak selamatkan negara ini, pertama sekali yang perlu undur, (Pengerusi) SPR mesti diberhenti sekarang juga,” katanya yang turut disambut dengan sorakan dan tiupan vuvuzela.