Return to the ballot box in Perak and BN regains credibility, says Ambiga at Anwar Ibrahim

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The former Bar Council president wants Barisan Nasional (BN) to let the people and not the courts decide on Perak’s mentri besar.

“The answer is to go back to the people because the people will not be satisfied until they get their result and ultimately the power does belong to the people because once the people decides, everyone will accept it,” she said.

Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan was speaking at a public lecture here last night organised by the Chevening Alumni of Malaysia.

Ambiga added that BN would be able to get back much need credibility if the ruling coalition would go to the polls and drop all charges against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“Do the right thing, just do the right thing and immediately people will say that they are quite reasonable but when you force these issues which people can read… we are not stupid, you cannot insult the intelligence of the people to understand what is really happening,” she said.

Ambiga stressed that BN would only be able to get the results it wants in the next general election if it gave the people what they wanted.

“You may lose a little bit this time but you would have gained a lot more,” she said.

During the question-and-answer session later, British High Commissioner Boyd McCleary agreed with Ambiga’s position on Perak and believed that the government should not oppose the will of the people in Perak.

“It looks to me as though over there, we have ended up with a situation where the government seems to have opposed the will of the people and that is wrong.

“The way forward for this government is to go back to the polls because even if they lose that battle they can still win the war by demonstrating that is the right way to go.”

6 Responses to “Return to the ballot box in Perak and BN regains credibility, says Ambiga”

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1 syed Zalil Jun 25th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

To be a memeber of PKR. I am currently Division President of PPP in Nilai.

2 Pemerhati luar Jun 25th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera….

saya ada cadangan untuk menguatkan PR untuk pilihanraya akan datang…

cadangan saya ni datang dari pak cik saya yang tinggal di Selangor…dia pernah beritahu pada saya, jiran dia ni India….

Si India ni beritahu kat pak cik saya lebih kurang ayat dia macam ni, “Uncle, saya rasa uncle boleh jadi wakil rakyat. Kami tak mau yang jadi wakil rakyat ada gelaran datuk @ sebagainye.Kami nak rakyat biasa yang tahu hidup susah dan pernah merasa hidup susah seperti rakyat biasa untuk jadi wakil rakyat. Kalau uncle jadi wakil rakyat, kami akan sokong sebab kami tahu uncle merasa hidup susah macam kami dan tahu apa yang rakyat nak.”

Cuba renung kan ayat-ayat orang India tu…

siapa yang faham, mesti tau apa yang saya maksudkan untuk cadangan untuk menguatkan PR untuk pilihanraya akan datang…

sekian, terima kasih….

Aku Reply:
June 26th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
tarak faham la macha…

3 ANTI PURA PURA Jun 26th, 2009 at 1:08 am

AMBIGA..IN THIS COUNTRY NOTHING YOU CAN SATISFY THE OPPOSITION..

IF THEY WIN AlSO THEY WILL NOT SATISFY AND IF THEY LOOSE THAT WILL EVEN WORSE..

THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE BEEN NAMED AS “OPPOSITION”..

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BECOME THE RULING GOVT BUT THEY CAN NEVER CHANGE AND STILL BEHAVE LIKE AN OPPOSITION..

SO FOREVER THEY WILL ONLY BE THE ‘ OPPOSITION “

4 rithysum8888 Jun 26th, 2009 at 7:29 am

To Anti pura pura

I believe you come from the jungle. You sound like orangutan or gorrila!! You do not know what you are talking about. I bet you are in the primary school…11 tahun!!!

5 smy Jun 26th, 2009 at 10:36 am

Tengok tu TPM buat kenyataan pasal Perak … memang bodoh lah UMNO/BN ni.. makin rakyat benci sebab masuk bakul angkat sendiri kan….