Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta – Mondays are usually the starting point of each persons activities for the week. Likewise also for demonstrations in the capital. Six points across the city will see the arrival of protesters from various groups with different types of demands.

For those residents of the capital city that don’t want to get trapped in heavy traffic, you should be on guard for and pay attention to the following locations that will be targeting by protesters as detailed by the Metro Jaya Regional Police Traffic Management Center (TMC) for Monday July 16.

The first action will be held by 5,000 footwear factory workers from the National Workers Union (SPN) from PT HASI and PT NASA. At 10am they will hold a demonstration in front of the Nike Indonesia offices at the Jakarta Stock Exchange building on Jl. Jend. Sudirman calling on Nike Indonesia not to terminate orders to PT HASI and PT NASA for the sake of the employee’s survival.

The second action will be at the Central Jakarta District Court on Jl. Gadjah Mada in Central Jakarta. Around 100 people from the Urban Poor Consortium under the leadership of Wardah Hafidz will attend a class action suit launched by victims of the Jakarta floods last February.

The next place to become a site for protests will be the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Jl. Sultan Hasanuddin in South Jakarta. Around 50 people from the Anti-Court Mafia Society (MAMP) will be calling for the release of Wong Ivone Emmy Karena who has been found not guilty on charges of corruption.

Still at the same location, some 100 people from the Supersemar Foundation Goodwill Forum of Alumni and Scholarship Recipients (FSAP Yayasan Supersemar) will hold an action opposing the civil suit against former President Suharto. Both actions at the AGO will be held at around 10am.

The next location that will become the target of demonstrators will be the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Jl. Gatot Subroto in Senayan, South Jakarta. Some 40 people calling themselves the Berumun Sosa and Surrounds Youth and Student Independent Foundation (LIPEMBAS) will be calling on DPR members to give their full support of the splitting up of South Tapanuli regency.

Not far from the DPR meanwhile, around 100 people from the Jakarta Islamic Students Association (HMI) will hold a demonstration at the Forestry Department on Jl. Gatot Subroto protesting against Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban in relation to the provision of forestry concession in Riau province and calling on the government to punish criminals who destroy Indonesia’s forests.

Both actions on Jl. Gatot Subroto will begin at around 10am so, for those of you who want to avoid traffic jams, pay close attention to what time you will be passing through these locations. (bal/nal)

[Translated by James Balowski.]