Rakyat Tolak PM Baru

Alhamdulillah, saya panjatkan rasa penuh kesyukuran ke hadrat Allah S.W.T di atas kemenangan pilihan raya kecil pada 7hb April 2009.

Syabas saya ucapkan kepada pengundi di Bukit Selambau, Bukit Gantang dan Batang Ai. Sokongan yang anda berikan menjadi bukti kekuatan rakyat untuk berani berhadapan dengan kekuasaan. Undi yang telah anda berikan untuk Pakatan Rakyat menjadi saksi akan kemahuan yang kuat menuntut Perubahan.

Tahniah saya ucapkan kepada para calon dan petugas Pakatan Rakyat kerana bekerja keras untuk memastikan kejayaan hari ini. Kemantapan kerjasama di antara Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Pas dan Dap semakin hari semakin utuh.

Kemenangan di Bukit Selambau dan Bukit Gantang serta sokongan pengundi Batang Ai membuktikan rakyat masih yakin terhadap kepimpinan Pakatan Rakyat untuk terus menerajui perjuangan menuntut Perubahan bagi mencipta Malaysia Baru yang adil dan saksama. Hari ini rakyat menghantar mesej yang jelas. Mereka mahukan Perubahanyang nyata, bukan sekadar janji politik untuk terus kekal berkuasa.

Kemenangan Dato’ Seri Nizar di Bukit Gantang merupakan satu referendum agar dikembalikan Kerajaan Perak yang sah. Rakyat menuntut agar Dewan Undangan Negeri dibubarkan dan pilihanraya diadakan di seluruh Negeri Perak.

Kepada pendukung Pakatan Rakyat di Batang Ai, kita berhasil mengungkapkan isu tanah adat dan peminggiran rakyat yang terjadi di Sarawak. Parti Keadilan Rakyat dan Pakatan Rakyat akan terus berjuang membawa Perubahan kepada rakyat Negeri Sarawak.

Sekali lagi kewibawaan proses pilihanraya menjadi pertikaian. Pengiraan awal yang tidak dilakukan di tempat pembuangan undi serta penggunaan helikopter untuk mengangkut membuka ruang kepada penipuan. Ini seharusnya menjadi pembakar semangat untuk terus bekerja keras membawa Perubahan, bukan sahaja di Batang Ai, tetapi juga di segenap pelusuk tanah air.

Walaupun berulang kali berhadapan dengan kekerasan, fitnah dan ugutan penguasa, ianya tidak akan

menghambat kami dari menunaikan janji yang telah diberikan. Pakatan Rakyat akan terus mempertahankan keluhuran Perlembagaan dan berusaha melaksanakan agenda serta dasar untuk membantu sesiapa sahaja yang terpinggir tanpa berasaskan kaum. Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan sesekali mengkhianati amanah yang telah diberikan rakyat ini.

Saya menyeru rakyat Malaysia untuk tetap bersama-sama dengan agenda Perubahan dan Pakatan Rakyat. Sudah tiba masanya kita meniup nafas segar kepada demokrasi dan memperkukuhkan kembali kedaulatan undang-undang di negara ini.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

–PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–

April 8, 2009

Pakatan Rakyat’s victories in the April 7th by-elections demonstrate that the people of Malaysia remain

committed to change. The results are a clear referendum on the UMNO led BN government, its divisive

politics and its failure to implement any reforms since the March 2008 election.

I congratulate all Pakatan leaders for their superior campaigning and all Malaysians around the country who continue to support us.

In four by-elections that have taken place since March 2008 Pakatan Rakyat has won decisively, and in each case we have increased our margin of victory. We have won in Malay strongholds and we have won in mixed ethnicity areas. Our support among the people is clearly increasing.

The reason is simple. In governing ?ve states for just one year the Pakatan Rakyat has delivered on campaign promises. We have created jobs and attracted foreign investment. We have provided valuable new social services to people including health care for senior citizens and more investments in education for children. Our Chief Minister and Menteris Besar are discussing ways that the Pakatan states can work together to face the challenges of a global recession.

Pakatan Rakyat has established a new standard in governance and accountability in Malaysia. Our leaders have worked tirelessly to exceed the expectations that the people have of us. There is still much work to be done and will continue to hold our leaders to the highest standards.

YB Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s victory reaf?rms the will of the people of Perak to choose their elected representatives. Campaigning against the full might of the BN leadership, his victory is a telling sign of the waning support for the current government. The people have restated their preference that the State Assembly should be dissolved and a new election should take place in Perak.

Sarawak remains a frontline state for Keadilan and Pakatan Rakyat. We are not discouraged by the results of the Batang Ai election. Irregularities in the voting procedure including possible tampering with ballot boxes cast doubt on the credibility of the results. The support that we detected among the Ibans in Sarawak con?rms that the state is ripe for taking. In this campaign the issues of land rights, development and marginalization have clearly been highlighted and Pakatan Rakyat offers the only credible solution for these problems.

During the campaign we faced chauvinism, racism and threats from those in power. These attacks have not stopped us from ful?lling our commitment to the people. Pakatan Rakyat promises to uphold the principles of the Constitution and we will implement our policies to help people regardless of race. I urge Malaysians to be with Pakatan Rakyat. Democracy must ?ourish and we must continue to uphold the Rule of Law.

ANWAR IBRAHIM