Bersih will be marching towards Parliament this Tuesday to demand legislative reforms from the government.
To demand:
- Better protection for whistleblowers
- Term limits for prime minister
- Review and abolishment of Sedition Act
In a social media post, the group said the demonstration would be the first act in their “reformasi 100 peratus” (100 percent reforms) campaign.
Previous postings by Bersih on the campaign highlighted three reforms they wished to “remind” the government of.
The first is for better protection for whistleblowers and to make information from the government more readily available.
The second is for term limits for the prime minister, which was part of the Pakatan Harapan election manifesto.
The third is reforms involving the Sedition Act, in line with Harapan’s electoral pledge to review and abolish draconian laws.
The current government is a post-election coalition led by Harapan.
The government had established a committee to go through and combine the various manifestos of the parties in government.
However, the outcome of this has not been made public.
In its posting today, Bersih called on the public to join them at the National Monument Plaza (Plaza Tugu Negara) at 8am on Tuesday, wearing either black or yellow.
Meanwhile, Bersih has handed over their notice of Tuesday’s planned gathering at Parliament to police.
It confirmed this on its Facebook page today.
When contacted, City police chief Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said that the Peaceful Assembly Act stated that a notice has to be given at least five days prior to the gathering.
According to Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), the Court of Appeal in 2014 has already struck down a provision in the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA) requiring Bersih to give prior notice to the police.