BN is very predictable. I just wish the rural folks will finally wake up to the reality that their own skin coloured, same religion types are screwing with the entire Malaysia which includes them. BN is predictable because they are full of smart people who are not moved by altruisms and higher moral ideals, but by greed and lust. And therefore the Bill has to pass. It has to pass because whatever the PSC finds, it won’t be what Bersih 2.0 or Pakatan will like. Even if it did say something that makes wonderful sense, it won’t be enacted, implemented or enforced into anything meaningfully called electoral reform. And that is when Bersih 3.0 will rise. It has to pass because the next general elections will be dirty. Dirtiest. Ever. And BN knows that there will be massive protests. This is a forewarning to disobedient civilians. March at your own risk. We are a government that’s about to go bankrupt. Might as well make RM20,000 out of each illegal protestors. Better you go down in bankruptcy rather than us going down in a flame of infamy.

But I wonder if anything will change. We had the Police Act before. There’s jail sentence under that Act. But did people fear? Refuse to take the risk? And I wonder why. That’s because this coward of a government had never had the guts to take the Police Act provision to court before. And why would they, when there is a 50-50 chance that they will be shot down as unconstitutional? I think they know too that the Peaceful Assemblies Act 2011 will be shot down as unconstitutional. But it’s new, and untested, and they are banking on the fact that the unknown will scare the disobedient civilians into silence.

But will we be fooled into silence? Apparently, the answer is no. In fact, the passing of the bill has simply made Malaysians even angrier. We didn’t know until this afternoon that we could be angrier than what we already are with BN. We thought we’ve had up to “here” with BN, but apparently, “here” is a constantly up-shifting pressure gauge. Which pressure will need releasing at some point in time.

We disobedient civilians will do the right thing by channelling our anger into outreach, pre-election campaign – in our offices, in our fields, forests and plantations, in our markets, shops and homes. And as a final act of defiance, we will vote for Pakatan because these are serious people, and without vested interest, serious about fixing Malaysia, starting with abolishing or significantly amending the Peaceful Assemblies Act 2011.