Are Malaysians tired of rallies?

PETALING JAYA: Has Malaysians gotten tired of rallies?
If the recent #TangkapMO1 rally on Aug 27 in Dataran Merdeka was to be of any indication, then it certainly points towards that direction.
Despite rally organisers, a coalition of student and youth groups, targeting a rather low turnout of 5,000 participants for the rally to call for the arrest of the "Malaysian Official 1" named in the United States' Department of Justice (DoJ) recent civil suits, only over a thousand showed up.
And mind you, the 5,000 participants target is after organisers had revised the figure just days before the rally from its initial aim of 10,000, claiming it to be a more "realistic target".
Even Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed thinks Malaysians have gotten tired of street demonstrations, pointing that in spite of the countless rallies in recent years, none have managed to reach their objective in bringing a change of government.
To note, the 1,000 plus figure barely outnumbered that of the police and media personnel covering the almost-muted gathering.
Dataran Merdeka was cordoned off and hundreds of uniformed policemen were seen forming human barricade in areas surrounding the area, while additional cops from two buses were also seen storming into the area midway through.
This could in fact be a manifestation of what to expect from the city police in upcoming rallies.
But more than anything else, it was quite clear that the #TangkapMO1 rally had little to almost no impact to the daily lives of Malaysians, and the government for that matter.
Which brings us to the questions: How many more rallies does it take for a change to happen in the country? And could Saturday's rally be any indication of what Bersih 5 would be like, whenever and wherever it is held?
Bersih 2.0 chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah had, on Aug 3, confirmed the gathering would take place by end of the year, but could it be a little bit too late then?
Maria also said she hoped to get at least 500,000 Malaysians painting the streets in Kuala Lumpur yellow when the rally takes place.
At this pace, they would be lucky to even get half that number.