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.]