General Idham Azis issues letter of order, workers must know

jpnn.com, JAKARTA – Several unions are planning to hold demonstrations and a nationwide strike on October 6-8, 2020.

The protests and strikes were carried out as a form of rejection of the ratification of the Labor Intellectual Property Bill.

The Chief of the National Police, General Pol Idham Azis, issued a Telegram Letter from the Chief of Police with directions to the ranks to anticipate the labor action.

The existence of Telegram number STR / 645 / X / PAM.3.2. / 2020 to October 2, 2020 signed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Imam Sugianto on behalf of the Chief of Police was confirmed by the Chief of the Public Relations Division of the Inspector General of Police of the National Police. Argo Yuwono.

“Yes, it is true that the telegram,” Argo said in a written statement in Jakarta on Monday (5/10).

Argo said that the issuance of the telegram was in order to maintain the favorable situation of security and public order in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Because, he continued, in conditions like this, the safety of people is the highest law or Salus Populi Suprema Lex This.

Argo added that Law No. 9 of 1998 on the expression of public opinion does not prohibit the presentation of aspirations or demonstrations.