Tempo
Interactive - May 1, 2010
Abd Azis,
Makassar – Scores of students from the United Anti-Global Neoliberalism
People's Movement for a Makassar Revolution (Makassar Revolutionary Gate, GRM)
commemorated May Day with a demonstration at the Panakkukang Mall in the South
Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar on Saturday May 1.
According to
Tempo's observations, the student gave speeches under the access bridge to the
Panakkukang Mall and Makassar Carrefour supermarket. "This mall is a
representation of neoliberalism and the oppression of workers", said an
activist from the Muslim Students Association for Reform (HMI-MPO) in a speech.
After
representatives from the different groups finished giving speeches, the
protesters forced their way into the mall to give speeches inside. The entrance
however was closely guarded and a minor scuffle broke out between the
demonstrators and mall security personnel and police. The flow of traffic in
the vicinity of the mall was disrupted slightly by the action.
[Abridged
translation by James Balowski.]
