I read the Agong's advice to the Government and the Bersih leaders on the proposed rally with some satisfaction .The call for restraint and the need for continuing dialogue was what I advocated in my posting yesterday .
As I suggested the issue at hand is now so huge and no longer just a police matter .It is now a concerned issue of the nation .The government must be more specific in its pronouncements rather than saying that they leave it to the police to act .The issue is much bigger than that. Let's have some intelligible statements from the cabinet and not individual ministers or the Agong .
Most of us are nervous and unsure about how things are going to be like in the days ahead .A friend of mine told me yesterday that her brother had advised her family to stock up food in case there is trouble on July the 9th .She does not say exactly the kind of trouble but that everybody should be prepared for the worse .Just how many more sisters , brothers ,mothers and fathers are around to do the same thing .This is where the real danger is ....rumour mongering .Spreading words of fear and ill will could bring about more unnecessary alarms .
Utterances such as those that boasts of power and strengths are at this point unwarranted.Talk about the ability to bring about 1 million silat exponents. and 4 million street demonstrators to counter Bersih ,and calls for further arrests are totally stupid and insane .This is the time for national reconciliation and not of confrontation unless the latter is the preffered agenda of the government .
I believe a cooling off period between parties should be in place right now . We have to stop the silly utterances and the undue harassment for sanity and good sense to prevail .
Time will always be there if one seriously look for it . The Bersih Rally can be put off or postponed if there is really a desire to do so .
Lastly let's pray that Malaysians will continue to be blessed.
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