Jokowi In Demo: Students Burn Tires And Throw Bottles At The Apparatus

The action of students burning tires at the Presidential Palace/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - A group of students who held an action at the Harmoni intersection, behind the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Central Jakarta, began burning tires on Wednesday, February 7 afternoon. They started burning used tires at around 18.15 WIB.

Black smoke continues to billow into the air. A mineral water bottle was also thrown from a group of students to the ranks of the police who were on tight guard. As if not provoked, the police continued to guard.

"Actions are orderly," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Susatyo Purnomo Condro when confirmed by VOI, Wednesday, February 7, afternoon.

Even though a group of students had burned used tires, one of the action orators still expressed his aspirations for using loudspeakers from above the command car.

Meanwhile, a number of fire engines have also been deployed next to Jalan Istana Presiden towards the Harmoni intersection.

From VOI's observation at the location, this action is still ongoing conducive. However, the police have prepared warning banners for the masses to immediately disperse their actions.

Hundreds of students held a follow-up demonstration at the Harmoni intersection, Central Jakarta on Wednesday, February 7, afternoon. They carried flags and a command car and held an action at the Indonesian Presidential Palace at 17.54 WIB.

The Coordinator of the PTKIN SEMA Center, Mustofa, said that the mass of the joint student action took to the streets from the Indonesian Student Legislative Institute Forum (FL2MI) of the State Religious Universities Student Senate (SEMA PTKIN), and the All-Indonesian Association of Constitutional Law Students (AM HTN-SI).

"We have conferred President Jokowi as the Father of Dynasty Political Development because he has succeeded in building political practices of nepotism by utilizing existing state structures and devices," Mustofa said in a statement received by VOI, Wednesday, February 7, afternoon.

The award can, he continued, be revoked if President Joko Widodo focuses on being President of the Republic of Indonesia at the end of his term of office.

"We also urge the organizers of the 2024 General Election, KPU, Bawaslu, and DKPP as well as the Constitutional Court to be integrity, independent, and professional based on direct, clean, honest, and fair principles in order to create a country's stability that is damal, safe, conducive, and just," he said.