Rejecting the Omnibus Law, thousands of Bandung students surround the council building



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Bandung

Thousands of students from various universities in Bandung Raya demonstrated in front of the West Java provincial DPRD building, Jalan Diponegoro, on Tuesday (06/10/2020). Their actions are in harmony with those of the workers, that is, they urge the government to repeal the Job Creation Act that has been passed by the Indonesian government and Parliament.

Detikcom observation, a series of students who dress freely and have an address gave speeches in the middle of Jalan Diponegoro. The agents were forced to close the road.

Tire burning and theatrical action also colored the show. One of the students wears a pocong costume that represents the conscience of the government when it passed the Job Creation Act.

HMI Kota Bandung Field Coordinator Sansan Taufik said students also opposed the Job Creation Law. They think that this law is only aimed at the profit of entrepreneurs.

“This law is only for the good of the economy, it was passed badly. It emphasizes the ease of investment without paying attention to the rights of workers,” he said when meeting during the action. According to detikcom, the students kept arriving at 14.50 WIB.

Student demonstrations in Bandung rejected the bus lawStudent demonstration in Bandung rejecting the bus law Photo: Yudha Maulana

Earlier, thousands of workers in Bandung took steps to reject the Omnibus Act on Job Creation Act, which was passed by the central government and the Indonesian Parliament on Monday (10/5/2020). This rejection action was carried out simultaneously at various points in the City of Flowers.

Hermawan, Chairman of Bandung City SPSI 92, said that the resistance movement of the Employment Creation Law took place at various levels, both at the company level and at the district / city level.

“There are two concepts of demonstrations carried out by labor communication forums in the eastern and western regions, today in the western region there are 9 unions participating in the demonstration. Today we are doing it as a form of rejection of the Job Creation Law that has been passed, ”Hermawan told detikcom in City Hall Bandung, Tuesday (10/6/2020).

(mmm / ern)

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