Anwar: GE13 win possible thanks to Bersih

Anwar: GE13 win possible thanks to Bersih - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is confident of winning the country's next general election on the back of the dynamics of public outrage over the attack on the 9th Najib administration July Bersih rally fueled.

The opposition leader told the Associated Press (AP) yesterday that the support for his Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition has is because of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) is trying to march for free and fair elections, the tens of thousands flock to the saw block rose streets of the capital despite a government ban.

"We have gained new momentum. There are huge opportunities that we do, we will be able to win," the PKR de facto leader said the United States-based international news agency.

The Bersih 2.0 saw demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons hit, when the police intervened, resulting in nearly 1,700 arrests, scores injured and the death of a husband, PKR Vice President.

This is the second such rally Bersih organized and supported by the opposition, with the first appearance in November 2007, police firing tear gas and water cannons to 50,000 demonstrators.

It was credited as an important factor in a landmark general elections held just four months later, the BN was assigned its usual two-thirds majority in Parliament and five state governments in their worst performance ever in federal surveys.

Anwar, whose opposition pact captured 82 seats in 2008, said Datuk Seri Najib Razak he expected soon to hold elections before the government's mandate expires in mid-2013th

The Prime Minister is expected to seek a new mandate in the course of the year, as his administration takes credit for economic recovery, it says, is due to the economic transformation programs enacted after Najib took office in April 2009.

But Anwar told AP that "were other than the slogans, there have been no changes."

"The people are clearly clamoring for justice and democracy. The ruling clique in the final stages of the resistance at any price, but I do not think changing to withstand the onslaught of people and the historical reality. Even the authoritarian rule in the Middle East themselves, "the former deputy prime minister said.

2.0 Bersih had before 9 July rally despite the police refused permission and gone banned by the government.

The coalition of 62 NGOs had been an offer of Najib gather his road to move a stadium it was agreed but then told by the authorities not to gather in the capital, excluding the choice of the historic Stadium Merdeka, where independence was declared in 1957 .

The breakdown in negotiations came despite Pertuan Agong Tuanku Yang di-Mizan Zainal Abidin intervention six days before the rally, the tension by Bersih Putrajaya and tried to defuse 2.0 to discuss the question of free and fair elections.

The electoral reform movement has asked Malaysians wear yellow every Saturday, until their demands are met.

The opposition parties are demanding the release of six members of Parti Sosialis Malaysia under a security law for "war against the King" retained, although an affidavit of the police showed they would take for her role in Bersih.

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