Detik.com
- August 9, 2010
Aprizal
Rahmatullah, Jakarta – Starting off the second week of August the capital city
will be besieged with protest actions, with at least 15 demonstrations
enlivening Jakarta today. Beware of traffic jams.
Based on
information from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Center (TMC)
for Monday August 9, the 15 demonstrations will be spread across several
different locations.
At 8am there
will be three protest actions. The first will be by employees from the PT Jaya
Readymis Pineapple Garden Plant in East Jakarta, who will be holding a strike
action. Also at the same time, demonstrations will occur at the offices of
Sudin Labour in South Jakarta, Jl. Trunojoyo [the national police headquarters]
and the Department of Labour and Transmigration on Jl Gatot Soebroto.
At 9am, two
groups of protesters will be demonstrating at the Kota Land Affairs office in
North Jakarta and at the Home Affairs Ministry on Jl Merdeka Utara and at the
State Palace in Central Jakarta.
At 10am
meanwhile, eight protest actions are listed as taking place. They will be held
at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, the central offices of the state-owned
oil company Pertamina, the Energy and Mineral Resources Department (ESDM) on
Jl. Merdeka Selatan, the General Election Commission (KPU) office on Jl. Imam
Bonjol and the Constitutional Court office on Jl. Merdeka Barat.
Other groups
of demonstrators will also be protesting at the National Land Agency on Jl.
Sisingamangaraja in South Jakarta and the Supreme Court office on Jl. Sultan
Hasanudin. Finally, another group will visit the General Elections Supervisory
Board (Bawaslu) office on Jl. MH Thamrin.
Towards
afternoon at 11am there will be three protest actions. The first will be at the
Judicial Commission office on Jl. Kramat Raya in Central Jakarta. A second
group will demonstrate at the Jakarta provincial Public Works Office on Jl.
Taman Jatibaru in Central Jakarta. And finally, a third group will demonstrate
at the offices of PT Freeport Indonesia on Jl. HR Rasuna Said at 1pm.
It is
predicted that traffic congestion will occur at these points and the public is
advised to see alternative routs in order to avoid traffic jams. (ape/ape)
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
