BERSIH 2.0 street march called off, rally will be held in stadium - Ambiga

Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan emerged after an audience with the King Tuesday and said the planned rally on Saturday would be held in a stadium.


There would be no street march, she told reporters.

Ambiga answering questions from the press outside Istana Negara

She said Bersih would hold discussions with the Government about the venue.


On her audience with the King, she said: "We had a most wonderful meeting and are most grateful to the King."


She was accompanied by Bersih steering committee member Zaid Kamaruddin and national laureate Datuk A Samad Said.


The leaders had made a request Monday for an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin after he made a statement Sunday advising restraint and compromise as street demonstrations would do more harm than good.

Ambiga said the meeting was only between Bersih leaders and the King

The Government is prepared to meet with Bersih 2.0 to discuss the movement's plan to organise the July 9 rally in a stadium.


Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said which stadium would depend on the request from the organisers.


"We will respond to that accordingly.


"What is important is for them to come to the stadium peacefully and orderly, and leave in the same manner," he told newsmen after chairing Agensi Inovasi Malaysia's first governance council meeting here Tuesday.