Poster by Arun Paul |
It's a total outrage! The freedom to peacefully assemble is an inalienable right of human beings everywhere - except in tinpot despotisms. If you don't fancy living in a police state and raising your children in a climate of fear where public protest is forbidden by law, then join the Lawyers' Walk4Freedom from the Lake Club to Parliament House at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
The lawyers feel compelled to voice their disapproval of this attempt to further curb democratic expression in Malaysia. We want the present Police Act against public assembly abolished - not amended with even more stringent stipulations!
It's clear that the Umno/BN regime is getting further and further out of sync with the evolutionary and revolutionary spirit of the times. What they would like to do is clamp down once and for all on all street demonstrations by imposing impossible-to-meet requirements.
We the public do not need permission from the police to protest. The police force exists to serve and protect us - the public - not the vested interests of an overprivileged and utterly corrupt elite.
NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION - NOT WHEN IT'S TOO LATE TO SAVE THE COUNTRY FROM AN INCREASINGLY DESPERATE AND OPPRESSIVE REGIME!