Demonstration Of Village Head In Front Of DPR Building Rusuh, Masses Throw Stones And Burn Banners

Mass demonstrations in front of the DPR Building/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA The demonstrators who held the action in front of the fence of the DPR/MPR RI Building, Tanah Abang District, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, January 31, afternoon, looked violent. The crowd from the Village Head Association (APDESI) burned wood and a number of banners.

A number of bottles of mineral water were thrown by the masses into the DPR RI Building while throwing sentences against decisions that were considered impartial to the people. Not only that, the protesters also threw stones into the DPR RI Building.

They criticized the Indonesian House of Representatives if they did not revise the Village Law, the masses would force their way into it. Although a number of police have reminded demonstrators to be orderly, the masses still stoned and banged on the iron fence of the Indonesian Parliament Building.

APDESI chairman Surta Wijaya claims that his party will surround the DPR RI Building until the revision of the Village Law is passed.

"Hopefully the Chairperson of the DPR RI will open his heart, that actually those present today are small communities from the village, the smallest government in the village," he said.

Surta hopes that Puan Maharani will revise the law that is considered detrimental to village officials. They admitted that they were tired of waiting for the decision for months.

Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Susatyo Purnomo Condro said that in this security his party involved a total of 2,304 joint personnel from Polda Metro Jaya, Central Jakarta Metro Police, TNI and other agencies.

"We also anticipate that the masses will not enter and close the toll road in front of the DPR Building. We have prepared the fire department to anticipate if later the masses burn tires," he said.

Untuk penutupan Arus lalu lintas di sekitar DPR situational. Rekayasa arus lalu lintas akan dilakukan melihat perkembangan dinamis lapangan.

"If in front of the DPR there are quite a lot of people and the escalation increases, then we will do insulation on Pulau Dua," he said.

The police chief stated to all personnel involved in security to always act persuasively, not provoked, prioritize negotiations and services and humaneism.

"We appeal to corlaps and action participants to take action in a polite, non-anarchic manner, maintain security and order, so that action activities can run safely and in an orderly manner," he said.