Given the continuous negative publicities worldwide on his administration, once again, the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was trying to live up the expectation of being a "Mr. Nice Guy", the slogan that won him a landslide victory in last general election.

Hence, he delivered one of the most controversial statement (I feel), which I believe was meant to cover up his incompetence in handling certain pressing issues, such as freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Malaysia, just to name a few of them.

"[…] The right to protest is fundamental in all democracies but stressed that it is also a right that must be matched by a responsibility to respect general public safety," he said.

Well said, Mr. Prime Minister!

Since you agree and publicly declares that the right to protest is fundamental in all democracies, probably you might want to enlighten many of us, who otherwise would not have understood why the police force refused to issue a permit in first place, given the fact that BERSIH had set a good precedence of how a peaceful rally and demonstration can be carried out in this country?

Not only other democracies in this world allow peaceful assembly without permit application (even if there is, permits would be granted to the organizers, with the existence of police force to take care of the public safety as well as to ensure that rallies are carried out in peaceful manner!)

Besides, to be fair, if ever there was the slightest hint of how the event would have affected general public safety, by all means, please throw the accusations against the FRU and the police force, who worked diligently to thrash the participants, in which, for the record, they (the participants) didn’t retaliate!

So, in the end of the day, we the rakyat, the people who voted you in can’t help but to ask, where is the cakap serupa bikin as what you promised in the last general election?

You told us to work with you, not for you, remember? We gladly oblige, however to our disappointment, you didn’t.

Then recently, you told us that you’ve a pair of big ears, in which we’re more than happy to tell you how we feel, but …

But really, dear Prime Minister, when is the right time for you to do the right thing if it’s not right now? Prove to us that you’ve the right ingredients and the right integrity to remain as the Prime Minister for all Malaysians, otherwise cease being one immediately, we’re indeed tired of this antics.

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