PA 212 Demo Today Is Quiet, Denny Siregar Analogizes The Effect Like Little Mosquito Bites

The atmosphere of the PA 212 demonstration at the Pintu Kuda Statue of Central Jakarta Monas. (Rizky Sulistio/ VOI)

JAKARTA - Social media activist Denny Siregar satirized the number of 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA) masses who took part in today's demonstration. The demonstration took place in the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse Statue area, Central Jakarta (Jakpus).

Denny said that the number of mass demonstrations initiated by PA 212 is currently inversely proportional to the timing of the election for the governor of DKI Jakarta. He made an analogy that the effect of the current mass action is only limited to the bite of a tiny mosquito

"In 2017 you can demonstrate like a herd of elephants. Now it's just like a mosquito. The bite doesn't hurt, it itches," said Denny on his Twitter account, @Dennysiregar7, Friday, March 25.

Previously, based on VOI observations in the field, the masses were still crowding the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse Statue area, Friday, March 25, at around 15.30 WIB. However, the density dulled by the mass action did not cause traffic jams.

Traffic flow on the two access sections of Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat is monitored normally and smoothly. The crowd looked deserted so that the concrete barrier did not come out of the entrance area of the National Monument (Monas).

The demo participants are in a line that has been determined by the action committee. So that the demonstrators are not scattered on the shoulder of the road.

The Head of Traffic at the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Purwanta, confirmed that the traffic situation in the Monas area was still in a normal situation. "There is no diversion, there are only a few demonstrators. The crowd is around 300 people," said Kompol Purwanta when contacted by VOI, Friday, March 25.

Meanwhile, the demonstration contained demands for figures deemed to have insulted Islam to be arrested immediately. The mass of the PA 212 demonstration had wanted to move to the front of the Jakarta State Palace but was blocked by the police.