BEM SI will demonstrate this afternoon, reject the job creation law and criticize the violence of officials

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The All Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM SI) is planning to hold another rally on Friday (10/16/2020), at 1:00 pm WIB this afternoon in the Medan Merdeka area, Central Jakarta.

BEM SI coordinator Remy Hastian said that this action was a peaceful action as an embodiment of the intellectual and moral movement of Indonesian students.

In general terms, this action still expresses the repeal of the Job Creation Law approved by the DPR and the government.

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There are three demands that BEM SI presented at the protest this time.

“First, to urge the president to issue Perppu in order to repeal the Copyright Law that was promulgated on October 5, 2020. Second, to condemn the actions of the government that seeks to intervene in the movement and the voice of the people for the rejection of the Labor Law, “Remy explained in a press release that BEM SI received. Kompas.com, Thursday (10/15/2020) night.

“Third, to condemn the various repressive actions of the state apparatus against the masses of action,” he added.

This action at the same time invites all students in Indonesia to join together to reject the Job Creation Law, Remy continued, until the regulation is revoked and canceled.

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“By all means, the government is trying to brainwash the people with all kinds of tools it has so that people can stop their fight to reject the Copyright Law,” Remy said.

He gave an example, the student movement was also intervened by the government through a circular from the General Directorate of Higher Education (Ditjen Dikti) number 1035 / E / KM / 2020.

“Not to mention the various repressive actions by the police against the massive protesters who rejected the Employment Creation Law, as well as the various attempts at wiretapping against activists and academics who rejected the Employment Creation Law,” he concluded.

In relation to BEM SI’s criticism of the repressive actions of the apparatus against protesters, previously the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) until Thursday (10/15/2020) received 20 complaints of violence from the security forces and 234 reports of arrests of people for refusals all the law Job creation law, last Tuesday in Jakarta.

Kontras Deputy Coordinator III, Rivanlee Anandar, said that the 20 acts of violence consisted of 1 act of intimidation, 4 acts of mistreatment, 7 arbitrary detentions, 4 seizure of documentation and 4 shots of tear gas.

Based on the data in the complaint, the victims who reported included the medical team, journalists, and civilians. Four members of the medical staff and five journalists were reportedly injured.