Pakatan Rakyat: Move beyond spectre of May 13 - The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has urged Malaysians to move beyond the spectre of May 13 1969 and called for a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission to be set up so that questions surrounding the incident could finally be put to rest.

In a statement read out by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, he said that the commission could study and then tell the people the real story behind what had happened.

He also pledged that the PR would maintain peace and hate racial violence as well as speak out against anyone who encouraged racial tensions, maintain the supremacy of all Malaysians and reject extremism, urge the authorities not to side anyone and always act fairly and also that it would support the continued use of democracy and the constitutional monarchy where the desires of the people were championed without discrimination.

"Let us march with conviction that the May 13 incident will no longer haunt us and the Malaysian political arena or be used by any irresponsible parties.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the smooth transition of power after the recent general election proved that there was no need to be afraid of May 13 anymore.

"We should be mature and move beyond that," she said.

[From http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/13/nation/20080513193701&sec=nation]