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Jakarta –
The All Indonesia BEM Alliance (BEM SI) will again hold a rally at the Palace today. A total of 6,000 people joined to watch the action.
“Yes, we cannot say how many, but we have anticipated and how we can separate. We are doing a mapping, how many of them (the number of protesters) will go down, then we will anticipate the actions that we have to prepare for tomorrow’s activities if In fact, there is an action. In the vicinity of the Palace, we have already mapped about 6 thousand troops, “Central Jakarta Police Chief Kombes Heru Novianto said at the roundabout police post of the Hotel Indonesia (HI), Menteng, Central Jakarta, Monday (10/19/2020).
Heru added that the protesting masses would be directed to the statue of the horse Arjuna Wiwaha. However, to the estimation of the masses who will hold a demonstration, Heru admitted that he did not know.
“The center of the action is at the Horse Statue. We do not know the estimated mass tomorrow because we will usually receive the beam in the afternoon,” he continued.
Heru said that demonstrations were allowed. However, Heru did not want the demonstration to be led by other parties who wanted the situation in Jakarta to be unfavorable.
“In principle, we, the police, will always provide a forum for those who will hold demonstrations, because this demonstration is regulated by law. But we urge that this demonstration not be addressed by other parties that will alter the situation in Jakarta,” he said.
As is known, BEM SI will once again demonstrate demanding the repeal of the omnibus law on the Employment Creation Law. Today there will be a demonstration with an estimated mass of thousands of students taking to the streets.
“The action will take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. WIB with an estimated mass of 5,000 students from across Indonesia,” BEM SI central coordinator Remy Hastian Putra Muhammad Puhi said in a statement from written press, on Monday (10/19).
(azr / idn)
