Because Of The Heat Of Eating Dust From The Rain, Taking A Mud Bath, Mothers In Southeast Sulawesi Are Furious, Almost Overthrowing Randis

SULTENG - A group of women in Wakumoro Village, Parigi District, Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), were furious and vented their anger by almost overturning an official vehicle (randis).

Randis and several vehicles were taken hostage by residents as a form of protest against the damaged roads that had not been paved. It was seen that the group of women and men expressed their frustration because the main road in their village had not been repaired.

Local residents carried out road blockades by building a foundation in the middle of the road approximately 50 cm high, stretching logs, and taking randis both two-wheelers and four-wheelers hostage.

Not only being held hostage, a woman was also seen climbing on top of the randis and making several jumps on the car.

Furthermore, it was seen that the women and men then tried to overthrow a black randis car by lifting it with their bare hands. After being successfully lifted, the car was tilted and then propped up with some wooden sticks.

It is known that the official vehicle belongs to the head of the Buteng Environment Service. In fact, five operational motorbikes belonging to the staff of the West Muna Tourism Office (Mubar), and the Muna Plantation Horticultural Food Crops Service were also taken hostage.

Local residents have started to block roads since August 9, 2021. They are upset because the 3-4 kilometer road has the status of a provincial road connecting Wakumoro Village and Laiba Village, Parigi District, Muna Regency, has not been repaired.

Wa Lidai, one of the local residents, admitted that the badly damaged road had been going on for almost decades but had not been repaired.

"It's no longer annual, but it's been decades, it's been decades, so it's just like this, it's never been noticed for Wakumoro Village and La Iba Village," he said as quoted by Antara, Monday, August 30.

He hopes that roads in the area will be repaired soon so that people are no longer exposed to dust or bathed in mud when crossing the road.

"People here are half dead, they say they want to be on the asphalt but keep the promise, how long will the promise be. If it's hot, eat dust when it rains, yes... take a mud bath. Hopefully it will be on the asphalt soon," he said.