Najib: Barisan Nasional=Bersih, has NEVER cheated in a general election

Najib says briefed Britain’s PM on Bersih’s real intentions

July 22, 2011

Najib said he had informed the British prime minister that Bersih demonstrators had intentionally provoked the police. — file photo

SEPANG, July 22 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak confirmed today that he had briefed his British counterpart David Cameron on the Bersih rally and its real intentions during his official visit to the United Kingdom last week. He shared the news upon arrival this morning at KL International Airport after a three-country working visit abroad.
The prime minister was quoted by national news agency, Bernama, as saying that he had told Cameron there is room for dissent in the country to allow Malaysians to express any dissatisfaction that they may have yet at the same time, it was imperative that public order is maintained.
He also shared with Cameron the fact that the government had offered a stadium to Bersih which the electoral reform group had rejected because their preferred venue was Stadium Merdeka, he continued.
Najib went on to say he had informed the British prime minister that the demonstrators had intentionally provoked the police.
Once the police acted against them, the demonstrators took photos and posted them on YouTube, citing police brutality, Najib was quoted by Bernama as saying.
Cameron was also briefed that Bersih’s real aim was not to press for electoral reform as professed but rather to portray the Malaysian government in an autocratic light in order to wrest power from an elected entity.
The prime minister ended by saying that he had stressed the Malaysian government always upholds the principles of democracy and has never cheated in a general election because those held in Malaysia are free from fraudulent practices.