Hundreds Of Demonstrators At The Monas Horse Statue Disperse During Heavy Rain, PPSU's Turn To Work

The mass action began to shift away from the location due to heavy rain/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - At 16:53 WIB, hundreds of demonstrations from various elements gradually began to leave the Monas Horse Statue area, Central Jakarta, Monday 11 April, afternoon. In addition to the time limit for the demo being over, the weather conditions in the Horse Statue area, Monas, are also getting cloudy and dark.

Hundreds of people from various organizational groups marched towards Tugu Tani, Menteng. The masses retreated towards Tugu Tani in the midst of drizzling rain in the Monas Horse Statue area.

As the action participants withdrew, one of the commando cars played the song of fighting blood.

"Come on, friends, stay together as one commando. Let's walk together, don't let anyone get scattered," said one of the orators from the command car.

While some of the other masses had already shifted from the Monas Horse Statue to the DPR-MPR RI Building since Monday 11 April, noon.

According to Dharma, one of the PPSU officers in Gambir Village, usually the waste that is scattered from the rest of the demonstration participants is mostly made of plastic and used food wrappers.

"Today there are 52 PPSU people who clean up trash after the demonstration at the Horse Statue, Monas. A lot of garbage is made of plastic and used food," he concluded.

However, at 17.12 WIB, a group of students reappeared from the direction of the DKI City Hall. They longmarch charged in front of the barbed wire fence in the direction of the State Palace.