Bogor Regent Meets Thousands Of Demonstrators: I Will Support Workers' Struggle

The Regent of Bogor, West Java, Ade Yasin met the demonstrators / DOK. AMONG

BOGOR - The Regent of Bogor, West Java, Ade Yasin suppressed the action of thousands of workers in Cibinong. The Bogor Regent met the demonstrators and promised to continue the aspirations of the workers by sending a written letter to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

"I will support the struggles of the workers but on the condition that everything goes well and thank you for this conduciveness, the Bogor Regency workers are so mature and intelligent," said Ade Yasin after meeting thousands of workers, quoted by Antara, Friday, October 16.

Ade Yasin signed the Bogor Regency workers' aspiration letter for the ratification of the Job Creation Law. He signed the letter after an audience with trade union representatives accompanied by the Head of Bogor Police and the Commander of Kodim 0621 / Bogor Regency at the Regent's Hall, Cibinong.

Ade Yasin emphasized that the defense of the workers is a form of appreciation from the Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab) for the workers who have taken action against the Job Creation Law in a conducive manner in Cibinong, Bogor.

"They (workers) with high ideals are able to maintain the conduciveness of the area, so we, especially the Bogor Regency Government, would like to thank," said Ade Yasin.

The labor demonstration in Cibinong, Bogor took place after Friday prayers. Thousands of workers then disbanded after Ade Yasin was present in the middle of the action and reiterated that he had signed the aspirations of workers who rejected the Job Creation Law.

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Bogor Regency labor unions, Sukmayana, said that workers in Bogor Regency still held demonstrations even though their wishes had been granted by Bogor Regent Ade Yasin, as a form of solidarity with the workers.

"We are optimizing that conveying these aspirations is a struggle, we will not break the spirit of the friends below," said the Chairman of the DPC Federation of Metal, Electronic and Machinery Workers Unions All Indonesia (FSP LEM SPSI) Bogor Regency.