The Peaceful Assembly Bill was passed today through bloc voting, with eight Pakatan Rakyat senators opposing.
Having failed to stop the Bill through a last minute
memorandum hours before the Dewan Negara debate, civil society group
KilltheBill.org said like the BN members of the Dewan Rakyat, the 39 senators who passed the Bill had let down
Malaysians and would go down in history as traitors to our
constitutionally-enshrined freedom.
The group, which has held several civil disobedience events
since Dewan Rakyat passed the Bill on Nov 30, said the senators had failed
in their duty to check the Lower House’s mistakes.
Speaking to Malaysiakini, coordinator Vienna Looi (seated right in photo) said,
“Today’s events does not mean an end to the movement's struggle, with more peaceful protests in store in the next year.We wanted to show that the rakyat will not stay quiet... we had hoped
to stop the Bill but we had to be realistic... we will announce our
strategy on how to fight the Bill. It is just a start of a long
struggle ”
Speaking to Malaysiakini, coordinator Vienna Looi (seated right in photo) said,
“Today’s events does not mean an end to the movement's struggle, with more peaceful protests in store in the next year.We wanted to show that the rakyat will not stay quiet... we had hoped
to stop the Bill but we had to be realistic... we will announce our
strategy on how to fight the Bill. It is just a start of a long
struggle ”
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