720 Joint Personnel Secure Persis Solo Match During Host Persija Jakarta

Illustration of police officers. (Between-R. Rekotomo)

A total of 720 joint TNI-Polri personnel, Satpol PP and Surakarta City Transportation Agency, plus the stewards from the committee are ready to secure the match between the hosts Persis Solo hosting Persija Jakarta.

The match for the 2023 Indonesian Liga 1 football match will be held at the Manahan Stadium in Solo, Central Java, on Saturday 30 September at 19.00 WIB.

"As many as 300 stewards from the organizing committee have been prepared as during the previous match, the Central Java derby between Persis Solo and PSIS Semarang in the same place," said Head of the Surakarta Police, Kombes Pol. Iwan Saktiadi in Solo, Friday, September 29, confiscated by Antara.

A total of 720 security personnel will be placed in ring two and ring three, meaning outside the match field to anticipate traffic flow, vehicle parking pockets, and mobilize them from house to field and vice versa.

Iwan hopes that the guest supporters will clearly understand that according to PSSI's provisions, they are not allowed to support them as guest supporters to attend the Manahan Stadium field in Solo, with attributes and so on.

"We ask for your cooperation so that all of them can be orderly and respect decisions or regulations for all supporters so that everything can be orderly. Respect the regulations and all supporters are present in the field by complying with the existing provisions," he said.

According to him, the patterns that will be implemented already have clear standard operating procedures (SOP) according to what was conveyed by PSSI from FIFA and several times the match has been applied, which illustrates the implementation of the match at the Manahan Stadium in Solo.

The Surakarta Police will carry out escorts from both Persis Solo and Persija Jakarta on their way to the location of the match until they return to the inn.

He said that in the previous match, Persis faced PSIS Semarang, someone was present to watch the Manahan Stadium Solo dfi live, but his party thanked PSIS supporters who were present for not using attributes and appreciated the provisions for not using attributes.

"However, we still hope that supporters will comply with the provisions if they are not allowed to attend, they do not need to come on the field to support their team. This has become a provision and anticipates that his team will not be fined by Komdis," he said.

According to him, overall in the Persis match against PSIS, it could go well, orderly, smoothly and safely and understand each other, both the host and the guest supporters.