It was my belief and hope that if PR were to come into power, they will abolish the ISA. There is always the lingering doubt that they may not do so or just drag their feet. Now a DAP state assemblyman from Senawang and state deputy chief P Gunasekaran has come out with a statement that those demonstrators at last Saturday Bar Council forum should be arrested under the ISA.
So now we have a DAP leader who thinks using the ISA is OK. I'm sure there may be more who have the same opinions especially if the ISA can be used against their political opponents from UMNO & MCA. ISA is always a convenient tool for the ruling party to stay in power. Would you deprived yourself of such a powerful tool?
Unless the DAP leadership condemns and take disciplinary action against their assemblyman, I'm not convinced that PR will have the political will to abolish the ISA once they come into power. Whilst what was said by that assemblyman may not reflect the position of DAP, it's certainly saddens me to see more and more leaders of the PR behaving like the other side.
Update
Gunasekaran has denied that he made such statement as reported by The Star. Can you trust what you read in the papers anymore?
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