Observer Calls That There Is An EO Who Arranged The Riot Scenarios Of The Job Creation Act

JAKARTA - Political observer from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Adi Prayitno, suspects that an event organizer (EO) has received an order to prepare a scenario for a demonstration against the Job Creation Law.

This is because, in his view, a number of rioters during the recent demonstrations against the Job Creation Law, did not have clear field dynamics. It is different from labor or student unions which have coordinators in the field.

"I am worried that the one driving the recent demonstrations is EO. This EO is designed to provide demonstration services with a variety of menus. It can be peaceful to anarchist menu. This EO is just looking for incentives," Adi said in a virtual discussion, Sunday, October 18.

This mass gathering agency, said Adi, was not only intensified in the act of rejecting the Job Creation Law. Adi also saw that the EO movement occurred during the revision of the KPK Law at the DPR RI Building and around the State Palace a year ago.

"In Jabodetabek, there are a lot of demonstrations that can be ordered at any time. Today, for example, there is a demonstration against the revision of the KPK law, the next day there can be a demonstration to support the revision of the KPK law," Adi said.

The basis for the alleged existence of an EO as the organizer of this order action has been working since the activist movement in 1998 has diminished in Indonesia.

"In the past, there were knots of student activists who were members of the demonstration, for example Forkot, Elemende, or Cipayung activists. If a mass was caught as a result of the rioting, this would have been identified," he explained.

The spirit of this action began to wane since 2008, when the political channel panels were increasingly open in line with technological developments, such as the use of cellphones and social media.

"Now, if there is a protest, through the Constitutional Court, social media, or political movements that are persuasive in nature coming to the DPR to take part in the meeting. So, these demonstration organs begin to decrease," he added.