Hit By Throwing Bottles When Meeting Demonstrators Reject Revision Of Regional Head Election Law, DPR Baleg Leader: Risk Of People's Representatives

Chairman of the House of Representatives Baleg Wihadi Wiyanto and his deputy Achmad Baidowi and Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR Habiburokhman who suddenly approached the demonstrasn in front of the DPR Building were rejected, Thursday 22 August. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the House of Representatives Baleg Wihadi Wiyanto, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Baleg Achmad Baidowi and Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives Habiburokhman suddenly approached the participants of the mass action of the Indonesian Emergency Demonstration in front of the DPR Building, Jakarta, Thursday, August 22 afternoon. However, the arrival was greeted with a refusal with a bottle from the demonstrators. Habiburokhman admitted that there was no problem with the response from the masses who protested against the DPR's disobedience to the Constitutional Court's decision at the Baleg level, which led to the plan to ratify the revision of the Pilkada Law today. "Earlier we were thrown several times. (pointing for jidat, ed) That's a risk for the people's representatives. In the past, we also demonstrated in front of yes. We are also throwers, now it's okay," said Habiburokhman after meeting the demonstrators in front of the DPR Building, Thursday, August 22. Although they did not meet the demonstrators, this Gerindra politician promised to fight for the aspirations of the people who demonstrated this afternoon. Especially those who are demands such as canceling the ratification of the Pilkada Bill. "The point is that our people's aspirations are fought for," said Habiburokhman.

On the same occasion, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Baleg Achmad Baidowi or Awiek emphasized to the demonstrators that there was no plenary meeting to ratify the Pilkada Bill today. "We, from the leadership of Baleg, together with Pak Wihadi and also Pak Habib and also other friends met the masses and we conveyed information that today there is no plenary meeting to ratify the Pilkada law," said Awiek. "Because the plenary session that was not implemented earlier. So to this day there has been no ratification of the Pilkada law," he added. Chairman of the House of Representatives Baleg Wihadi Wiyanto also emphasized that there was no meeting to discuss the cancellation of the Pilkada Bill. "Nothing, nothing. Nothing today," said Wihadi. "There is a validation of the date," continued Awiek. The mass action titled the Indonesian Emergency Demonstration in front of the DPR Building called for rejection of the ratification of the revision of the Pilkada Law which annulled the Constitutional Court's decision, one of which was about the age limit for regional head candidates. These mass action participants came from many elements of civil society, such as students, activists, laborers, to celebrities and comics.