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Governor appreciates protesters for collecting garbage after rally
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Protesters collect waste during the mass rally in Jakarta on last Friday. (kompas.com/Ambaranie Nadia K.M)
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cting Governor Sumarsono has expressed his appreciation to the organizers of Friday’s rally for requiring the participants to collect trash following the protest, which involved more than 100,000 people from Jakarta and other regions.
He said it was a good precedent that should inspire organizers of future demonstrations.
“I think it is a commendable move, because the neatness of the city is our mutual responsibility and not only the responsibility of the city administration,” Sumarsono said in Jakarta on Monday, as reported by kompas.com.
The city’s sanitation agency said it had collected some 70 tons of garbage produced during the demonstration, with agency head Isnawa Adji adding that around 500workers, 31 road sweepers, seven compactors and 15 garbage trucks had been deployed to handle the trash.
Most of the garbage was collected at Istiqlal Mosque, Jl. Medan Merdekqa Timor, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Jl. Gajah Mada and Jl. Hayam Wuruk.
The massive rally remained peaceful for most of the day, but violence erupted when protesters refused to disperse and began to throw rocks and other objects at police officers after the permit for the protest expired at 6 p.m.
The ensuing riots lefts the roads littered with broken glass and other waste. (bbn)
