Pakatan's 1 Million Shame

Here I am in Kota Kinabalu monitaring the 1 million Pakatan's "Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat" and from various reports coming out of KL things not looking too good for Pakatan.

Having past the dateline of 2 p.m. they have not even achieved 5% of the estimated 1 million turnout.


People are tired of Anwar Ibrahim's antics, of being used to serve his selfish political agenda. 

I can already visualise the excuse he will give for the poor turnout.

From Malaysia Insider:

Attendees make their way to seats in Stadium Merdeka ahead of the “Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat” rally in Kuala Lumpur January 12, 2013.—Picture by Boo Su-Lyn

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 ― Thousands are already gathering inside the Stadium Merdeka in the capital city for the “Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat” to protest a raft of issues backed by Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

The predominantly Malay protestors, clad in a rainbow of colours but mostly green and yellow, hoisted PAS flags and banners calling for the country's riches to be returned to the people.

Outside the stadium where Independence was declared nearly 56 years ago, food and drinks stalls were doing a roaring trade.

No police or riot police trucks were observed in the area although the Dang Wangi district police station is across the stadium.Read more.

From Free Malaysia Today:

UPDATED 12 NOON

KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of people have started to stream into the nation’s federal capital to participate in the Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat rally at Stadium Merdeka this afternoon.

By noon, eye-witnesses claim that more than 50,000 people have gathered at various spots, all heading towards Stadium Merdeka.

Supporters started gathering as early 4am this morning in anticipation of a police shutdown of the city.

However, there were no police roadblocks anywhere, and in fact the police are helping the people, mostly from out-of-state, giving them directions to where they are supposed to gather.

The rally-goers would meet at eight locations in the city before marching to Stadium Merdeka for the rally which starts at 2pm.

The meeting points are the Universiti Malaya mosque, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), Jalan Sultan, Central Market, Kampung Baru, Masjib Negara and Dataran Merdeka.

While Dataran Merdeka is off limits due to some road repaving works by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the police have given all clear for other meeting points.

A survey by FMT revealed that the city centre is still experiencing smooth traffic flow except for some roads.

Police Facebook reported that Jalan Loke Yew leading to Jalan Kinabalu was choked with traffic.

The police’s initial estimation was that only about 1,000 people have gathered at Masjid Negara, while eyewitnesses claimed that the number could be as high as 20,000.

It must be noted that Masjid Negara is the meeting point for PAS supporters from the northern states.

The mosque was also filled to the brim for the morning prayers today – all made up of the rally goers (pix below).Read more.

All news picked from pro-opposition portals.

More to come.