[Bersih 2.0] Chaos!

Lockdown or not, organisers to go ahead with rallies

Umno Youth and Putera 1Malaysia Club will go ahead with their plan today. Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said the Patriot assembly is due to be held in Jalan Bukit Bintang at 10am today. Perkasa had not yet given up hope and would work on obtaining permission to use the Selayang Stadium by 2pm today.

source : thestar

Orang ramai dinasihat mengelak memasuki atau menghampiri lokasi panas di sekitar bandaraya iaitu :

Sekitar Dataran Merdeka, Masjid Jamek, Kampung Baru, Jalan Tun Perak, SOGO, Maju Junction, Pasar Seni, KLCC.

Jalan utama sekitar bandaraya KL yg ditutup : Jalan Syed Putra, Jalan Istana, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Bellamy, Sekitar Istana Negara, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Jalan Lembah Perdana dan Lembah Cenderasari.

Beberapa laluan di lebuhraya mengalami kesesakan malam semalam ekoran sekatan jalan raya :

Tol Gombak menuju ke arah ibu negara, Susur keluar Tol Sg Besi, Susur keluar Tol Batu 9

Jalan ditutup bermula Sabtu 9 Julai 2011 12.01am hingga 10pm arahan PDRM. (58 jalan ditutup)

* Pastikan minyak kereta cukup.

Source : RTM TV1

What is actually Bersih 2.0 ? I didn't bother to know about this rally because all I know it's all about politic and sementara they all sangat syok mau memprotes sini dan sana, membeli and mendesign t-shirt, buat banner besar-besar, and buat hal.... yang suffer is the rakyat. They said roadblocks will start midnight 9 July but it had started since 8 July and lead to massive jam in KL area and Selangor. Companies allowing their staffs to go home as early as 4am yesterday to avoid jam doesn't help either. Probably they should just give 1 day free paid-leave to them. I saw the traffic jam since 3.30pm. I thought orang baru nak balik ke office dari sembahyang Jumaat, 3pm... sekali check-check, it's 3.30pm but already jam like hell. The traffic at Tol Sg. Besi was terrible, I saw the cars not moving and very-very slow even if it's moving. The scene of the traffic maintained from 8pm to after 12am. So kesian kan.... 

You can read and find out more what is Bersih 2.0 from their website

A few info from their site :

BERSIH was officially launched on 23 November 2006. The introduction opening goes with this statement :

“Only when elections are clean and fair, can citizens be real masters of their own destiny and expect holders of public office to act accountably and effectively.”

Bersih 2.0’s calls consist of 8 points. In summary, they are : 1. Clean the electoral roll 2. Reform postal ballot 3. Use of indelible ink 4. Minimum 21 days campaign period 5. Free and fair access to media 6. Strengthen public institutions 7. Stop corruption 8. Stop dirty politics

Seems like good intention of the formation of BERSIH but well, of course there'll be other parties that will come up with something to attack 'you'. Why la this people cannot behave and make peace. Bikin panas!

For those who stay at home, enjoy your day! For those stuck in jam, err...be patient la.