Sofian, Jakarta – Around 10 protest actions will enliven the atmosphere of Jakarta today, Thursday August 14.
Based on information from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre, the first action will take place at 8am at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta.
Then at 8.30am, employees from the PT Mayasari Utama bus company will stop work and hold a demonstration on Jl. Lapangan Tembak in the Cibubur area of East Jakarta. The employees have now been protesting for three weeks demanding improvements to workers’ welfare.
At 9am protesters will be holding an action at the Department of Trade on Jl. Ridwan Rais in Central Jakarta, then move off to the offices of the Futures Commodity Trading Supervisory Body at the Bank Budi Daya building on Jl. Imam Bonjol in Central Jakarta.
The next action will take place in front of the State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara and at the Jakarta Futures Exchange at the Bank Syariah Mandiri building on Jl. Thamrin, also in Central Jakarta.
The fourth action will start at the Fuji Bijak office at the Summitmas building on Jl. Sudirman then proceed to the Japanese Embassy, the State Palace, the Department of Labour and Transmigration, the South Korean Embassy and the Singaporean Embassy.
At around 10am, an action will take pace at the offices of the Department of Social Affairs and the Central Statistics Agency in the Pasar Baru area of Central Jakarta.
The national police headquarters and the National Defence Agency will also be targeted by demonstrators. Also at the same time, an action and parade will take place at the Poltangan Circle then head for Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta.
At 11am, a protest will take place in front of the Indosat building. Two hours later it will be the turn of the Metro Jaya regional police headquarters. Then at 4pm, a peaceful action will be held in front of the State Palace.
In addition to protest actions, red-and-white flags will be distributed at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout to greet the 63rd anniversary of Indonesia’s independence.
[Translated by James Balowski.]
