Fwd: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih

[Soon Yee Yap]

Having being dormant for a while now, we've been asked yet again to be endorsee of the statement at the end of this thread. I didn't clip the message with all the chatter in between because some may want to be informed of those changes which is news to me too.

As previously discussed with Jordan, if anyone has any comments or disagreement, we would only endorse it as BMP, not under any umbrella.

Soon

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From: "Praveen Nagappan" <praveen....@gmail.com>
Date: 21/04/2015 9:35 PM
Subject: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih
To: "Anas Alam Faizli" <aafa...@gmail.com>
Cc: "William de Cruz" <william...@gmail.com>, "Soon Yee Yap" <soon...@gmail.com>

Hi 

Not sure whether you received my email last night - happy for you to list Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia in Australia as an endorser.

On Bersih endorsement, rather than giving the impression that Bersih outfits in the various Australian cities work in isolation, listing Bersih Australia as an endorser would carry more weight. With William offering Bersih Sydney's endorsement, I can also offer Bersih Melbourne's endorsement as its representative here. To my knowledge, the only other city with an active Bersih movement in Australia is Perth (Bersihkan Malaysia). I have cc-ed Soon Yee who is part of the Perth group. If Soon Yee is happy to endorse as well, I propose you list Bersih Australia as an endorser.

Soon Yee, apologies for pulling you into this conversation unannounced. Anas represents a coalition of students in Malaysia and is seeking endorsement for a declaration they are seeking to make. Please see email chain below for the declaration. We feel it would be fitting for democratic aspirants to encourage groups such as this. However, whether you want to lend Bersihkan Malaysia Perth's name as an endorser under the umbrella of Bersih Australia, which we are all equal partners of, is entirely up to you.

Anas, please do not hesitate to let me know if I can do anything else to help.

Regards

Praveen

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, WilliamdC <william...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Anas. As endorsee, you can put:

William de Cruz, Global Bersih Sydney.

I am no longer president of Global Bersih.

I am also not aware of Bersih Australia.

WdC

On 21 Apr 2015, at 3:07 pm, Anas Alam Faizli <aafa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry for the late reply

Was tied up

So can I put 

Global Bersih as an endorsee?

The group is meeting tom night to form a sec‎retariat

Currently it is formed by student leaders from UM, UIA, UKM, MMU and USIM 

We have yet to finalize the structure and everything

We are discussing via a whatsapp group and just created an fb page and a twitter account

I'm suggesting to add mukhzani into the group as international rep and perhaps one from you guys as an Australian student rep. What do u think

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

From: William de Cruz Sent: Tuesday, 21 April 2015 12:15 To: Anas Alam Faizli Cc: Praveen Nagappan; Sum Dek Joe; bala chelliah; Colin Rajah Subject: Fwd: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih

Hello Anas.

I fully support the declaration you have distributed, as an individual and the Sydney delegate for Global Bersih. Like Praveen, I am also very grateful for, and proud of, the fact that young Malaysians are assuming their share of leadership as civil society works for change.

I especially support the notion that we will work peacefully, within the law, very much like Bersih 2.0 has done and will continue to do.

Do let us know about the composition of your group.

Thank you for reaching out. Please don't hesistate to write to me again for support.

William de Cruz

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From: Praveen Nagappan <praveen....@gmail.com>
Date: 2015-04-20 23:53 GMT+10:00
Subject: Re: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih
To: Anas Alam Faizli <aafa...@gmail.com>
Cc: WilliamdC <william...@gmail.com>, Sum Dek Joe <dekj...@gmail.com>, Bala Chelliah <bala.c...@bluewin.ch>, Colin Rajah <colin...@gmail.com>

Dear Anas

SABM Australia dengan sepenuh hatinya menyokong deklarasi gabungan merdeka rakyat.

Kami amat gembira bahawa anak muda Malaysia telah mengambil pendirian untuk menentang penindasan dan menuntut kesederhanaan dan hak asasi untuk rakyat Malaysia.

Sila beritahu saya jika SABM Australia boleh membantu gabungan ini dari apa-apa segi yang lain.

Sementara itu, bolehkah Anas terangkan komposisi gabungan merdeka rakyat kepada kami?

Salam.

Bagi Pihak SABM Australia,
Praveen Nagappan
Presiden SABM Australia

2015-04-19 13:25 GMT+10:00 Anas Alam Faizli <aafa...@gmail.com>:

I have emailed everyone a separate email with 4 different languages. Have u received it?

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

From: WilliamdC Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2015 10:43 To: Sum Dek Joe; aafa...@gmail.com Cc: Praveen Nagappan; Bala Chelliah; Colin Rajah Subject: Fwd: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih

Hello Dek Joe. My apologies for this late reply.

And thank you Praveen, for updating DJ on GB leadership.

Anas - I am very rusty on BM; is there an English version

of the declaration?

Second, are you also inviting individuals to

endorse? Depending on my understanding of 

an English version, I would be prepared to

endorse as an individual as well as the GB delegate

in Sydney. But I would like to have the English

translation first.

Thanks and good luck.

WdC

Begin forwarded message:

From: Colin Rajah <colin...@globalbersih.org>
Date: 16 April 2015 7:28:27 am AEST
To: Sum Dek Joe <dekj...@gmail.com>
Cc: Praveen Nagappan <praveen....@gmail.com>, WilliamdC <william...@gmail.com>, "bala.chelliah" <bala.c...@globalbersih.org>, Anas Alam Faizli <aafa...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih

Thanks Dek for your wishes and passing this on to us.  We’ll look at it closely and see if we can endorse.  Tq again.

-colin

On Apr 15, 2015, at 5:38 AM, Sum Dek Joe <dekj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

Thanks Praveen for your short briefing.

Colin, Congratulation on your presidency. 

There is no organisation that initiated this declaration - it was jointly mooted by student leaders from UIA, UM, USIM, UKM and other organisations like PKPIM, GAMIS, PMIUM, etc.

Anas Alam Faizli (cc-ed him in this email) is coordinating this and getting more students to join from his past participation in TFTN, Bantah TPPA and AMAN - this is still new - and hope to get as many student bodies as possible locally and also globally  in the hope to unite and make it a stronger voice. 

The 7 freedoms are the theme for the fight and form the basic tenet of deklarasi merdeka rakyat.

They will form a secretariat for way forward - the declaration will be released to the public and also send to all 222 Member of Parliaments and 505 Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri.

To date, current endorsees are as below:

Anak Malaysia Anti Nuklear (AMAN)

Anak Muda Harapan Malaysia (AMHM)

Anak Muda Sarawak (AMS)

Gerakan Media Marah (GERAMM)

Gerakan Menuntut Pendidikan Percuma (GMPP)

Institute for Development of Alternative Living (IDEAL)

Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (JERIT)

Jihad for Justice

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section (KLSCAH Youth)

Kumpulan Aktivis Mahasiswa Independen (KAMI)

Kelab Bangsar Utama (KBU)

Mahasiswa Ganyang

Mahasiswa Keadilan (MKM)

Malaysian Progressives Australia (MPOZ)

Malaysian Progressives United States (MPUS)

National Indian Rights Action Team (NIAT)

Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur (PRIHATIN)

Persatuan Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (PROHAM)

Persatuan Mahasiswa Universiti Malaya

Projek Dialog

Pro Mahasiswa Universiti Malaya

Pro Mahasiswa Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (KOMAS)

Pusat Membanteras Rasuah dan Kronisme (C4)

Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)

Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Hokkien AssociationYouth Section (Hokkien Youth)

Serikat Mahasiswa

Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) 

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)

Universiti Terbuka Anak Muda (UTAM)

University of Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY)

We Are Malaysians

We Are One Race- Human Race

We Unite for Islam (WUFI) UIAM

If you do have any question, please feel free to direct to Anas and he will clarify it.

Best Regards

Dek Joe

Dek Joe, Sum

FB: https://www.facebook.com/sumdekjoe

Twitter: @sumdekjoe

“It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.”  by Tariq Ali

2015-04-15 22:30 GMT+10:00 Praveen Nagappan <praveen....@gmail.com>:

Hi Joe,

William has stepped aside from his role as GB President to focus on some other pressing matters. Colin (cc'd) is the new Global Bersih President. Colin is based in the US and comes with wide ranging experience in advocacy work and working with various NGOs.

Guys, Joe is part of Malaysian Progressives in Australia, a group of progressive young Malaysians, encouraging political discussions among students in Australia, in contrast with the hitherto social nature of Malaysian student groups in Australia.

Joe, back to your proposal to endorse the statement, for SABM Australia, I'd be happy to but before that, do you know much about this coalition? What is the makeup of this coalition?

Kind Regards

Praveen

Sent from my iPhone

On 14 Apr 2015, at 10:04 pm, Sum Dek Joe <dekj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Praveen, Bala and William

Hope all of you are doing well.

Just wondering BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih might be interested to endorse this declaration. 

The impact will be more significant if we can get as many NGOs to endorse this declaration. My affiliated body. Malaysian Progressives in Australia (MPOZ) is part of the endorsees too.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best

Dek

Subject: DEKLARASI GABUNGAN MERDEKA RAKYAT UNTUK ENDORSEMENT DAN SOKONGAN
From: Anas Alam Faizli <aafa...@gmail.com>

Assalamualaikum wrt. wbr, dan selamat petang

Deklarasi dibawah akan dilancarkan pada Pidato Perdana Merdeka Rakyat pada 28 April 2015, jam 8.00 malam di tempat yang akan dimaklumkan kelak. 

Pidato ini akan disampaikan oleh 7 orang pimpinan mahasiswa, aktivis muda serta wakil NGO. 

Deklarasi ini sedang mengumpul "endorsement" atau sokongan dari persatuan-persatuan mahasiswa, anak muda dan belia serta NGO. 

Jika anda setuju dengan deklarasi ini sila jawap email ini dan sertakan nama PERSATUAN ANDA secepatnya untuk dimasukkan dalam deklarasi ini.

Anda boleh juga dapatkan "endorsement" atau sokongan daripada rakan-rakan PERSATUAN ATAU NGO anda.

Terima kasih, semoga usaha anda diberkati.

Wassalam

DEKLARASI GABUNGAN MERDEKA RAKYAT

28 APRIL 2015

 

Malaysia dirahmati dengan hasil mahsul tidak ternilai, namun kekal misteri apabila jurang kaya-miskinnya sangat lebar, kos sara hidup dan kemiskinan meruncing, tahap pendidikan yang corot muncul dari korupsi meluas, ketirisan berleluasa, ketidakcekapan urustadbir, salahlaku kuasa polis, jenayah sosial yang meningkat dan ditambah pula kekangan kebebasan suara, penahanan pehimpun aman dan ahli politik, pemenjaraan wartawan, pembisuan ahli akademik, universiti dikilangkan, sekolah jadi penjara, isu perkauman diapi-apikan, demokrasi pincang, rakyat diperbodohkan dan pelbagai musibah yang terus melanda negara.

 

Menyedari bahawa terdapat penindasan, ketidakadilan dan jurang sosial yang semakin menekan di negara yang dicintai ini, kami sesungguhnya berikrar dengan segala kudrat dalam jasad kami untuk memperjuangkan kemerdekaan rakyat.

 

Gabungan ini beriltizam menegakkan keadilan yang holistik buat semua rakyat negara ini.

 

Kami dengan ini menuntut perjuangan 7 kebebasan demi negara:

 

1)     Kebebasan Suara, Himpun dan Persatuan

§  Mansuh Akta Hasutan 1948 dan Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2011 yang mencabar kedaulatan Perkara 10 Perlembagaan Malaysia.

§  Mansuh akta drakonian yang mempunyai fasal tahanan tanpa bicara.

§  Perkasa dan selia pembukaan ruang awam untuk bersuara, berhimpun dan berpersatuan.

 

2)     Kebebasan Politik dan Demokrasi

§  Bebaskan semua tahanan politik dan hentikan pendakwaan terpilih. Ahli politik tidak wajar disekat, diugut atau dipenjarakan secara politik.

§  Pilihanraya yang adil dan telus. Kebebasan penuh oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (SPR) dan pengauditan dari badan bebas untuk sempadan pilihan raya dan bilangan kerusi pilihanraya. 

§  Laksanakan 22 cadangan Jawatankuasa Khas Parlimen buat reformasi pilihanraya (2012) dan 8 tuntutan BERSIH 2.0

§  Hadkan Perdana Menteri yang sama kepada maksimum 2 penggal.

§  Kembalikan Pilihanraya Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) untuk ruang dan perwakilan menyeluruh kepada suara masyarakat.

 

3)     Kebebasan Urus Tadbir dan Keadilan

§  Mansuh Akta Kerahsiaan Rasmi untuk buka ruang kepada ketelusan urus tadbir negara.

§  Teladani urus tadbir, integriti dan ketelusan prinsip dan garis panduan yang dianjurkan oleh Global Compact PBB, Transparency International dan Global Financial Integrity.

§  Kuasa pendakwaan oleh Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM).

§  Isytihar harta dan aset oleh semua Menteri dan Ketua Setiausaha Negara (KSN).

§  Tingkatkan kecekapan perkhidmatan awam merentasi semua kementerian dan pemansuhan tugas bertindih antara agensi kerajaan.

§  Menginstitusikan kabinet bayangan dan perlantikan Ketua Pembangkang sebagai pengerusi Jawatankusa Kira-Kira Wang peringkat persekutuan dan negeri.

§  Ratifikasi Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) untuk hasil Petroleum dan bumi negara.

§  Pemilihan Hakim oleh Suruhanjaya Hakim Negara tanpa campurtangan badan Eksekutif.

 

4)     Kebebasan Ekonomi

§  Kadar kemiskinan mutlak tidak lagi boleh diguna pakai. Gunakan kadar kemiskinan relatif dan wujudkan gaji minima yang adil dan saksama buat semua. 

§  Pekerjaan yang wajar dan gaji yang adil untuk semua rakyat. Secara prinsip, tiada seorang pun yang bekerja sepenuh masa harus berada di dalam kemiskinan.

§  Iktiraf hak kolektif pekerja dan hadkan penggunaan pekerja asing dalam industri tertentu

§  Setiap rakyat perlu diberi peluang untuk memiliki sebuah rumah yang sesuai untuk kehidupan mereka.

§  Pembangunan sektor sosial untuk membantu menangani kemiskinan dan masalah sosial

§  Batalkan Cukai GST. Cukai Keuntungan Modal dan Cukai Warisan terbukti cukai yang lebih baik dalam merapatkan jurang pendapatan antara yang kaya dan miskin.

 

5)     Kebebasan Akademik dan Kesihatan

§  Berikan pendidikan percuma yang saksama sehingga universiti dan baiki hubungkait antara tenaga kerja tempatan dan piawaian sumber manusia.

§  Autonomi pentadbiran penuh buat semua sekolah kerajaan dan institut pengajian tinggi.

§  Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971 menyekat kebebasan berakademik. Universiti wajib diberikan autonomi serta ditadbir oleh mereka yang layak dan bebas daripada cengkaman mana-mana pihak.

§  Martabatkan universiti sebagai tempat pencarian penyelesaian atas masalah dan krisis negara.

§  Perkasa Bahasa Kebangsaan sebagai bahasa ilmu dan wujudkan budaya akademik; hujah dibalas hujah, bukan penjara. 

§  Sediakan kemudahan kesihatan percuma dan baik kepada semua lapisan warga.

 

6)     Kebebasan Media dan Pembocor Maklumat

§  Perkasakan Media sebagai ejen semak imbang kepada prinsip pemisahan kuasa negara.

§  Pembocor maklumat rasuah dan salah laku tadbir perlu dilindungi dari sebarang pendakwaan.

§  Mansuhkan Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984 dan Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 dan sebarang fasal yang menyekat kebebasan pengamal media. Tubuhkan Majlis Media yang bebas, mandiri di bawah kawal selia pengamal media sepenuhnya.

§  Tunaikan 8 tuntutan Gerakan Media Marah (GERAMM).

 

7)     Kebebasan Keselamatan Keharmonian dan Alam Sekitar

§  Tubuhkan Suruhanjaya Bebas Aduan dan Salah Laku Polis (IPCMC).

§  Pemeliharaan hak asasi sejagat semua rakyat.

§  Autonomi kepada institusi agama dari cengkaman mana-mana pihak.

§  Kempen bersepadu untuk anti-sentimen rasisme dan menuju ke arah pemansuhan politik perkauman.

§  Hentikan eksploitasi alam sekitar yang mengganggu gugat kestabilan ekologi.

§  Hentikan pembaziran tenaga. Tingkatkan tenaga boleh diperbaharui dan kecekapan tenaga serta batalkan rancangan pembinaan loji Nuklear.

 

Gabungan ini berpegang dengan keamanan dan akan berjuang menelusuri undang-undang dan menjunjung perlembagaan negara serta berpegangkan prinsip keadilan yang adil dan saksama.

 

Demi negara yang lebih baik, gabungan ini menyeru semua warga untuk menyertai perjuangan ini.

 

Malaysia milik warganya. Merdeka dan bebaskan rakyat!

 

GABUNGAN MERDEKA RAKYAT

Dek Joe, Sum

FB: https://www.facebook.com/sumdekjoe

Twitter: @sumdekjoe

“It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.”  by Tariq Ali

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[Jordan Sugunasingam]

The declarations accord with BMP's objective so I don't see why we shouldn't endorse it.
If nobody raises any objections by the end of today, I think you can take it, Soon, that you have the mandate to commit BMP to the endorsement


Jordan 

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Date:        21/04/2015 09:50 PM
Subject:        Fwd: Endorsement BERSIH Australia, SABM Australia and Global Bersih

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28 APRIL 2015

 

 

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[Raymond Cheong]

I think BMP should endorse the declarations. Maybe is also high time to meet up and Soon can brief all of us what's happening and what are our future BMP's plan moving forward.  
Cheers. 

Kind regards,

Ray Cheong

m. +61 409 907 188

e. raymond...@hotmail.com

[Adelene Wee]

Fine by me

Sent from my iPhone

[melanie J denby]

Hi Everyone, 

I will go along with you all on this. I think with the current situation in Malaysia looking on the verge of collapse, if MC is to go by, we need to be ready for the next big movement.  

Regards

Melanie

Sent from my Samsung device

[Soon Yee Yap]

Thanks for your responses. Have already advised Anas of our endorsement.

Yes Raymond, it's been a while since we all last met up for political discourse. I don't have much to report as I have been staying on the sidelines all this while myself. At most I've only spoken in private or in smaller groups when my opinion was sought, prefering to stay away from the hype. I'm sure most of us have day jobs and other interest to keep us occupied.

The way forward appears blurry unless persistence, focus and sustained interest is there. There are many focus groups tackling specific set of problem, so it depends on the individual's interest.

Soon