My take on the "bersih" rally

On July 9th, one of the biggest rally in Malaysia took place on the streets of kuala lumpur. The "bersih" rally, courtesy of a Malay word which means "clean" was on "free and clean" elections for the citizens of Malaysia. It got on to the world news coverage obviously, and it made the government and the Malaysian police look real bad, as water bombs and other forceful methods were used to disperse the rally group. If I am nt mistaken, almost 50,000 malaysians took part in it.

What's my take on it.

It was ridiculous. The rally started with sincerity, where all the people wanted to do was to voice out their opinions. It was conducted by an NGO org. lead by Datuk Ambiga, who I have no idea on her significance in the community. However, the agenda got really messed up as the politicians (both opposition and government) got involved as well. The opposition took the advantage by instilling and participating in the rally, while the government was accusing the oppositions that they endorsed it. Who got stuck in the middle? The cops of course.

On the people:
1) I know that the people involved were actually fighting for the quality of life in Malaysia but the message was unclear, as it was about a 'fair and clean' election. Like "huh? Say what?" Fighting for the poor, fighting for equality, fighting for equal opportunities and fighting for corruptions, should have been on the agenda
2) to have a fair and clean election is just impossible, and it's subjective. What if it was the opposition party in the government seats
instead,I'm sure the same kind of rally would happen, as the people who are pro-UMNO/unbias political citizens would say the elections were done unfairly. So how do you know for sure?

On the government:
1) should have endorsed the rally to take place at the stadium instead of rejecting the idea
2)should have not allowed any politicians/politic related people to be involved as they are the real culprits
3) should have allowed for the real/sincere fighters to voice out their opinions
4)should have not allowed people below 25 years of age join the rally

On the cops:
Poor police force were just stuck in between and had to take orders from the government, by using forceful tactics.

All in all, it was just a mess, and I wish we had gone through all these trouble to fight for something more meaningful..
Oh well, welcome to Malaysia and the life of a Malaysian.