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Strike!: Hundreds of workers are escorted by police after staging a demonstration in front of the State Palace to protest a newly issued government regulation on the remuneration system
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Strike!: Hundreds of workers are escorted by police after staging a demonstration in front of the State Palace to protest a newly issued government regulation on the remuneration system. Jakarta governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaja Purnama also issued a gubernatorial decree allowing demonstrators only three protest locations throughout the city.(JP/DON) (JP/DON)
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span class="inline inline-center">Strike!: Hundreds of workers are escorted by police after staging a demonstration in front of the State Palace to protest a newly issued government regulation on the remuneration system. Jakarta governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama also issued a gubernatorial decree allowing demonstrators only three protest locations throughout the city.(JP/DON)
Oct. 31, p1
Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama has issued a gubernatorial regulation restricting free speech in public spaces.
Ahok told reporters at City Hall on Friday that he issued Gubernatorial Regulation No. 228/2015 because he wanted protesters to behave in a more orderly fashion. 'Demonstrations often cause traffic jams on main roads,' he said.
Ahok said he understood that all people should have freedom to deliver their opinions but argued that they were not entitled to infringe upon the rights of others.
'They should not close down roads in a way that affects our economy such as when Jl. Sudirman and Jl. Thamrin [business hubs in Central Jakarta] are in total gridlock,' he said.
Article 4 of the regulation stipulates that protesters will be allowed to stage protests at just three venues: Parkir Timur Senayan at the Bung Karno Sports Complex in Senayan, Alun-Alun Demokrasi (democracy plaza) located at the House of Representatives (DPR) complex and Silang Selatan (Southern Cross), located at the National Monument (Monas) park. All three areas are located in Central Jakarta.
The venues listed by Ahok are rarely used as protest sites. Workers, students and residents usually stage their protests in front of government offices such as those at City Hall and the State Palace.
Articles 5 and 6 of the regulation also state that protests should be conducted between 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and that the noise level of the sound system should not exceed 60 decibels.
Your comments:
It's a good idea. The city administration should limit the places where rent-a-mobs can operate.
Deedee S.
Ahok just showed his arrogance. He really has no good manners.
Ostrali
It's not an indication of arrogance, the governor is only reminding everybody that demonstrations are covered by Law No. 9/1998, before the Ahok period. Good manners are not always lawful.
Dinero
You are free to express your opinions as long as you do it when and where we allow you to do it. Sixty decibels is the amount of noise you would hear during a normal conversation at 1-1.5 meters.
Therefore, the message will need to be relayed by the people who are within 1.5 meters of the speaker to the people behind them who are within 1.5 meters behind them and so on until everyone gets it.
Dolok
No, please send them to protest in Syria or wherever IS is located. I think IS would find these guys amusing and put them to work cleaning the toilets.
Deddy K.
Yes, let Russia take them all for once so that there will be no political tiptoeing anymore.
Abdul Malik
