Anwar barred from Parliament

The Star, 14-July-2008

Kuala Lumpur: Police have obtained a court order barring Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, his supporters and the public from holding any rally or participating in it within a five-kilometre radius from the Parliament building today.

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• A very dangerous precedent set by the Police. Of all parties, the Police, yes, the Police have obtained the court order to restraint Anwar and his supporters to hold any rally in anticipation of the no-confidence motion in Parliament requisitioned by the Pakatan Rakyat.


• Questions before us, Malaysia are aplenty. Are they acting in the interest of the general public? Aren’t they supposed to be apolitical? Aren’t they supposed to maintain law and order in the country without prejudice and preference? Aren’t they supposed to be loyal to the government of the day, irregardless who their political masters are?


• But it seems the Police have now become an aggrieved party? Or at worst, they are now against Anwar?


• As if the court order is not enough to stop Anwar and his supporters, they next resorted to the unthinkable thing that caused the entire commuters in the Klang Valley to suffer. In their overzealous quest to stop Anwar, they have caused massive traffic congestion in Kuala Lumpur by closing all roads leading to the city.


• I can’t comprehend their reason to have to resort to such an action? They might have claimed to have pre-empted any untoward incident as tension was so high. I couldn’t careless if they want to obtain any court order to restraint Anwar from nearing the Parliament building, or Mahathir from his scratching attacks on Pak Lah, or Lim Guan Eng from inviting BN leaders from sitting in his committees or bodies aimed at uplifting the lifes of the Penangites, or Husam Musa from enticing BN reps to join PAS or Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin from working closely with DAP or even Yong Teck Lee from supporting the motion of no-confidence, but what irked me most was the traffic congestion caused by their stupid action. The traffic madness was not only confined to KL but over to the entire Klang Valley. It was madness at its best.


• If Anwar and his supporters flout the court order, just charge and put them behind bars. Don’t burden the rakyat as a whole. If there is insufficient evident against them, invoke the ISA – it is your most lethal weapon – to detain them without trial.
  
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