CANBERRA, Nov 4 — Bersih 2.0 chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has challenged the Najib administration to invite international observers for the next general election to demonstrate its confidence in free and fair elections, saying that a Mahathir-era precedent would easily enable this to recur.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has set up an all-party parliamentary select commission to look into demands for electoral reforms, including the eight listed by Bersih 2.0 for its July 9 rally.
Ambiga speaking at the ANU law school in Canberra on November 2, 2011.
“If you say the (electoral) system is OK, get international observers. Prove it to us,” Ambiga urged the Malaysian government, in an address at a packed Australian National University (ANU) law school theatre filled with students, lawyers and policy officials.
“Bring in the international observers, let them observe our elections. That’s my call to the Malaysian government.
“If you say your system is fine and that it doesn’t need (electoral) reform before the 13th general election, I dare you to bring in international observers. And let them determine if our elections are free and fair,” said the Bersih 2.0 leader, who received a rock-star welcome at her ANU lecture.
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