According to Saifuddin, the government has failed to respond to Bersih's plan to march on July 9 by considering the possibility of a peaceful assembly as proposed by the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam).
“We could have discussed Suhakam's suggestion on how to hold a peaceful assembly,” he said at the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia forum on electoral reform on democracy in Kajang.
He added that “some people” should not be “allergic” to the word “demonstration” as they would find that “even they conduct demonstrations and call it something else”.
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However, Saifuddin argued that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had always intended to allow the rally to take place in a stadium.
“But it didn't happen. And I won't comment beyond that,” he said.
He added that the authorities in the UK, too, had not anticipated that such chaos would break out.
The premier also stressed that the offer of a “stadium in Shah Alam” was never rescinded.
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