Anwar clarifies Bersih rally remark
Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim said he was misquoted earlier and that he supports Bersih’s march for a free and fair election.
(Free Malaysia Today) – Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim will join Bersih 2.0 and chairperson S.Ambiga and march in the July 9 mass rally calling for a clean and fair election.
Anwar was yesterday reported as saying that he would call off the Bersih rally if the government guaranteed free and fair election. But Ambiga reiterated that it was not for Anwar to decide to call it off.
Today Anwar clarified his statement. “What I said which was taken out of context was clearly this, had the electoral process be fair, just and clean there is clearly no need for Bersih (to organize a rally)”.
“I agree with her. There has been some misunderstanding. I support Ambiga’s position that the Bersih rally should continue,” he told reporters at a press conference in Parliament.
“But it reflects utter failure of the administration because they (are) continuing the fraudulent act and procedure,” he said.
Yesterday Anwar, in his winding up speech at the PKR election convention, was reported to have said: “I will call Ambiga and tell her to call off Bersih, if Najib can promise free and fair elections tomorrow.”
Anwar added today that he was a democrat and was able to face some disagreement.
“I am a democrat, in a way it is good to disagree with me and I can agree with her. I am not an Umno leader,” he said.
