Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has claimed that Bersih 2.0 is organised by Pakatan Rakyat leaders to "rescue" PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's political career by throwing the country into "chaos".

Claiming this as an exposé, he read out the names of committee members who are also politicians - such as PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu.

NONE Ibrahim noted that none of the committee are NGO members.

"The committee shows that it is a Pakatan project, but they try to cloud this fact by putting (former Bar Council president S) Ambiga as president.

"They have no choice, they failed to change the government with (the) Sept 16 (takeover claim) and now Anwar has enter his defence (in the sodomy trial). It's a matter or life or death for Anwar and the best way for them to topple the government."

To support his case further, Ibrahim produced a copy of a June 7 PKR circular by secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution inviting members to attend the Bersih 2.0 rally to protest unfair elections.

The circular also reminded members to behave in a civil manner and that the event is a peaceful one.

According to Ibrahim, he is ‘exposing’ these matters so the rakyat can decide if they really want to take part in the rally.

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Labelling Bersih 2.0's eight demands as “bullsh*t”, the Pasir Mas MP added that elections in Malaysia are “quite fair” and better than some he has attended overseas as an observer.

But when asked which countries, he was only prepared to say “Latin America and Europe” to avoid “offending the countries”.

The vocal Independent parliamentarian said that street demonstrations should be “the last resort” and only for “certain issues and according to the law”.

“There are lots of issues that people are dissatisfied with, I too am dissatisfied, but does it warrant you to go to the streets?

“Street demonstrations are outdated. Even people at war call for table negotiations,” he said.

However, he rubbished Bersih 2.0's claim that four years is too long a wait for their concerns to be addressed, saying that it only shows they are “out of time to save Anwar”.

Perkasa, along with its NGO allies, plans to hold a counter-rally to Bersih 2.0, dubbing their rally Gerak Aman (Peace Movement) on July 9.

Umno Youth will also hold a rally on the same day, calling their rally the Patriot rally.

Among Bersih 2.0's demands are the use of indelible ink, free access to mainstream media and a 21-day campaign period.

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