Fery Firmansyah, Jakarta – Six protest actions are scheduled to inundate the main streets of the capital today, Thursday August 7. In order not to be caught in traffic, road users are advised to avoid sections of road that will be used by protesters.

Based upon information from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre, the first protest will take place on Jl. Lapangan Tembak Pekayon in East Jakarta. There, at around 8.30am, hundreds of transport workers from the PT Mayasari Utama bus company will hold an action demanding a wage increase.

At 9am, it will be the turn of the State Minister for Administrative Reforms’ office on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman in Central Jakarta to be besieged by demonstrators. There, an action will be held by hundreds of residents from the Sukolilo area in Surabaya, East Java.

At 10am, a demonstration will be held by an alliance of Indonesian Migrant Workers who will be protesting at the Indonesian national police headquarters on Jl. Trunojoyo in South Jakarta.

Also at 10am, the National Statistics Agency (BPS) in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, will be besieged by protesters from Indonesian Poor People’s Union (SRMI).

Later in the afternoon, at around 2pm, hundreds of traders from the Melawai markets will be protesting the area of the Block M Square.

The final demonstration will be held by the Solidarity Network for the Families of Victims of Human Rights Violations (JSKKP-HAM) in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta at around 4pm.

[Translated by James Balowski.]