Police Urge Residents To Avoid Senayan And DPR Areas Regarding Labor Action

JAKARTA - Central Jakarta Metro Police officers and the Traffic Directorate of the Metro Jaya Police have appealed to the public to avoid the Senayan area and the DPR/MPR RI Complex regarding the labor action plan on Wednesday tomorrow.

The Head of the Traffic Unit of the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Purwanta, confirmed that the traffic diversion was carried out tentatively according to the number of masses and the density of vehicles.

"God willing, it is safe, we will apply it tentatively for tomorrow's labor action," said Purwanta, quoting Antara, Tuesday, August 9.

Based on the information gathered, the labor action was organized by the People's Labor Movement (Gebrak) with the gathering point under the "flyover" Taman Ria, Senayan, Central Jakarta.

The action is planned to start at 09.00 WIB with a number of demands, including rejecting the Job Creation Law, canceling the RKUHP and lowering the price of basic necessities.

Workers from the Alliance for the Action of a Million Workers are also reported to have conducted a "long march" from Bandung to Jakarta since Saturday, August 6, to present their demands in front of the DPR/MPR RI Building.

The Polda Metro Jaya has prepared traffic engineering on a number of roads, namely:

1. Traffic from Jalan Gatot Subroto to the DPR/MPR will be turned left onto Jalan Pintu Pemuda2. The traffic flow from Jalan Gerbang Pemuda which turned left on Jalan Gatot Subroto was reversed under the Ladogi3 flyover. The traffic flow from the inner city toll road that will exit at "Offram Pulo Dua" is straightened towards the Tomang4 toll road. The corner of Manggala Wanabakti from east to west towards Slipi Toll Road and towards Palmerah Station is closed5. The traffic flow from Jalan Palmerah Timur to Jalan Gelora is straightened by Jalan Army Pelajar6. Traffic flow from Jalan Asia Afrika to Jalan Gelora was diverted to the right of Jalan Pintu Pemuda7. Traffic flow from Jalan Pintu Pemuda to Jalan Gelora turn left on Jalan Asia Afrika.