I read the statement on the 100-day boycott of Suhakam by 32 non-governmental organisations with interest. But after 100 days, what next?

I hope the NGOs will think about and put into action some kind of 'constructive engagement' after that. They should mobilise the public on issues central to the boycott. Please help educate the masses on these issues and get some kind of feedback and public sentiments by talking to people on the streets, night markets and lunch crowds.

Things just do not happen if we sit pretty in our cool offices. How come NGOs talk to the press like politicians but do no mobilisation beyond the NGOs' communities?

Suhakam will surely mount a counter-measure by highlighting their activities in the press. We can expect more press conferences or media releases from commissioner Prof Hamdan Adnan. I have frankly quite forgotten who's left behind in Suhakam and the new faces.

On the perception that Hamdan is being put as Suhakam's front manager, I think it is done to downplay the 'role' of Abu Talib Othman as the new chair. Why do commissioners think that lying low is going to make a difference?

Perhaps malaysiakini can run a poll on the boycott. The other important thing is, whatever the NGOs may choose to do after the first 100 days, there must be some kind of demands that the commissioners can do than report to Syed Hamid Albar who has become Suhakam's intermediary to Parliament.

I do not see why Suhakam cannot go to Parliament directly and ask for a debate on its role as a human rights commission. This is the very least the commissioners should do when the average Malaysian faces all kinds of human rights abuses from state bodies on a daily basis.

NGOs can do a wish-list after the 100 days and see that some things actually get done on that list before they think of the next 100-day boycott.