Form Of Solidarity, Anies Puts The Color Lamp Of The Palestinian Flag On 10 JPOs

JPO with lights on the color composition of the Palestinian flag in Jakarta (IST)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan installed red, black, white and green lights symbolizing the Palestinian flag on the 10 pedestrian bridges (JPO) and the Jakarta tunnel.

The Palestinian flag-colored lights are installed at the JPO Polda Metro Jaya, GBK JPO, Bunsen JPO, Sumarni JPO, Jelambar JPO, Daan Mogot JPO, Senen JPO, Kendal Tunnel, and Smpang Susun Semanggi.

"The Bina Marga Service has been instructed by the governor to set the color for the Palestinian flag," said Head of Dnias Bina Barga DKI, Hari Nugroho, to VOI, Tuesday, May 18.

Hari said the reason for installing the colors of the Palestinian flag on the JPO lights was a form of support for the people of the capital for Palestine amid the heated conflict with Israel.

"This lamp is a message of solidarity to the Palestinian people and as an awareness for the wider public about the problems that are currently hitting the Palestinian people," said Hari.

Hari said, setting the lamp to the colors of the Palestinian flag did not require difficult work. This is because the ten public facilities have been installed with lights with red green blue (RGB) technology from the start.

"We have installed the lights and prepared them at the time the JPO was built. So, if there is an important event we can set it in various ways. For example during the August 17 event, we set it to red and white," he explained.

Indonesia itself is one of the countries that has been vocal in voicing its support for the Palestinian struggle in realizing independence from Israeli occupation.

This has been emphasized by the Indonesian government, both by President Joko Widodo, and through the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.

"Justice must be created for the Palestinian people. And I emphasize that Indonesia will continue to support the Palestinian cause," said Foreign Minister Retno in a virtual press conference discussing the development of the extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).