=May Day Fiesta Labor Mass Disbands From GBK

JAKARTA - The participants of the May Day Fiesta held by the Labor Party and the Indonesian Labor Movement disbanded and began to leave the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Senayan area.

The May Day Fiesta will take place from 13.00 WIB until around 17.00 WIB. From observations on the ground, the masses left the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Senayan, in droves. They moved to the exit that led to the TVRI Building.

The bus that had taken them to the GBK area was also waiting. Through loudspeakers, the officers asked the May Day Fiesta participants who were still on the second floor or stadium stands to leave the location immediately.

"May Day participants who are still on the second floor, please leave the main stadium immediately because the doors will be closed soon," said the officer through loudspeakers in the GBK Senayan area, Central Jakarta, Saturday, May 14.

The masses who brought private vehicles have also started to leave the GBK area. While gradually disbanding, the participants in the command car asked their colleagues to be careful.

"Be careful on the road, see you again on the battlefield, friends."

As previously reported, Labor Party President Said Iqbal claimed there were around 50 thousand people who took part in the May Day Fiesta activities. They come from laborers, farmers, fishermen, honorary teachers, to online motorcycle taxi drivers or what is commonly referred to as the working class.

There were 18 demands issued by the Labor Party and the Indonesian Labor Movement. Here's the full list:

1. Reject the omnibus law on the job creation law2. Lower prices for basic commodities (cooking oil, meat, flour, eggs, etc.), fuel and gas)3. Pass the PPRT Bill, reject the revision of the PPP Law, reject the revision of the SP/SB4 Law. Reject low wages5. Remove outsourcing6. Reject PPn7 tax increase. Validate the RPP for the Protection of ABK and Migrant Workers8. Refuse to reduce PBI Health Insurance participants9. Realize food sovereignty and agrarian reform10. Stop criminalizing farmers11. Low tuition fees and free 15 years of compulsory education12. Raise teachers and honorary staff to become PNS13. Empowerment of the informal sector14. Ratification of ILO Conversion No. 190 on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work15. Ojol drivers are workers, not partners whose work relationship is unclear16. Carry out the elections on February 14, 2024 in a fair manner and without money politics17. Fair redistribution of wealth by adding social security programs (food security, housing, unemployment, education, and clean water) and18. There should be no hungry people in a rich country.