8:26 AM
Saifullah Zulkifli
Friends --Good evening, fellow Malaysians.
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine – the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of electoral reform, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone’s imprisonment or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this July the 9th, a day that is sadly ridiculed by those who are in powers, by taking some time out of our daily lives to wear yellow and walk for justice with our friends.
Theme Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWMEKFBHd4
There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.
Bersih 2.0 Website: http://bersih.org
How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now Prime Minister, Najib Razak. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.
Our demands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BcVg3Sapjk
Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I wore the Bersih t-shirt, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than fifty years ago a great citizen wished to embed the idea of independence forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the ninth of July to pass unmarked.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BERSIH-20-OFFICIAL/213938935311531
Global Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Bersih-20/182539641800071
But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me this Saturday, outside the gates of Merdeka Stadium, and together we shall give them a ninth of July that shall never, ever be forgot. People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. Strength through unity, unity through faith! I am Bersih. At last you know the truth. You’re stunned, I know. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks.
Spread the words. Be part of the history. Stadium or street, we will march on!
Yellow for BERSIH!
A.N
p/s: the original speech is taken from ‘V for Vandetta’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqi8m4CEEY
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