PETALING JAYA-
Anwar Ibrahim vowed to fight on, repudiating the results of Malaysia's
13th general elections by launching a first-step wear-black campaign to
protest the widespread electoral fraud his Pakatan Rakyat coalition
has accused Prime Minister Najib Razak of perpetrating in cahoots with
the controversial Election Commission.
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"This woud be the beginning of a fierce movement to rid the country
of electoral malpractices and fraud for there is no opportunity for
renewal," Anwar told a packed press conference on Tuesday, two days
after the Umno-BN claimed a victory of 133-seats in Malaysia's 222-seat
federal Parliament.
"If it was a free and fair election and if the rakyat (people) had decided to choose BN, then I would concede (defeat). In a faulty fraudulent election where we have evidence to support, I now will continue the fight to defend all Malaysians."
The 64-year-old Anwar will kick off the PR fight-back to regain an electoral victory they insist was "stolen" from them at a mammoth rally planned for Wednesday at 8.30pm at the Kelana Jaya stadium in Selangor. Anwar told supporters to attend wearing black clothing or black insignia to symbolize their protest against polls cheating.
He also announced his PKR party would form an elections tribunal, to be led by strategy director Rafizi Ramli, and which would work together with similar units set up by coalition partners DAP and PAS as well as clean polls monitor Bersih.
New focus?
Anwar, who has yet to accept the post of Opposition Leader, appears to be focusing on the 'Tolak Penipuan PRU13' (Reject the Fraudulent GE13) movement. He is the adviser of the PKR party as well as de-facto head of the Pakatan coalition made up of PKR, PAS and DAP.
Despite DAP and PAS urging him to re-assume the post of Opposition Leader, insiders believe he may decline so as to give the coalition's battle against the Umno-BN new impetus.
Anwar certainly minced no words at the press conference. Indeed, he does not appear to have lost any of his sizzle despite failing to wrest the federal government in an election marked by controversy and fraud accusations.
According to Anwar, who is the PKR adviser, the Pakatan was now in "the process" of accumulating and putting together evidence and may take legal action against the EC and BN. There are at least 29 to 30-odd seats where there was clear cheating, he claims.
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"This woud be the beginning of a fierce movement to rid the country
of electoral malpractices and fraud for there is no opportunity for
renewal," Anwar told a packed press conference on Tuesday, two days
after the Umno-BN claimed a victory of 133-seats in Malaysia's 222-seat
federal Parliament."If it was a free and fair election and if the rakyat (people) had decided to choose BN, then I would concede (defeat). In a faulty fraudulent election where we have evidence to support, I now will continue the fight to defend all Malaysians."
The 64-year-old Anwar will kick off the PR fight-back to regain an electoral victory they insist was "stolen" from them at a mammoth rally planned for Wednesday at 8.30pm at the Kelana Jaya stadium in Selangor. Anwar told supporters to attend wearing black clothing or black insignia to symbolize their protest against polls cheating.
He also announced his PKR party would form an elections tribunal, to be led by strategy director Rafizi Ramli, and which would work together with similar units set up by coalition partners DAP and PAS as well as clean polls monitor Bersih.
New focus?
Anwar, who has yet to accept the post of Opposition Leader, appears to be focusing on the 'Tolak Penipuan PRU13' (Reject the Fraudulent GE13) movement. He is the adviser of the PKR party as well as de-facto head of the Pakatan coalition made up of PKR, PAS and DAP.
Despite DAP and PAS urging him to re-assume the post of Opposition Leader, insiders believe he may decline so as to give the coalition's battle against the Umno-BN new impetus.
Anwar certainly minced no words at the press conference. Indeed, he does not appear to have lost any of his sizzle despite failing to wrest the federal government in an election marked by controversy and fraud accusations.
According to Anwar, who is the PKR adviser, the Pakatan was now in "the process" of accumulating and putting together evidence and may take legal action against the EC and BN. There are at least 29 to 30-odd seats where there was clear cheating, he claims.