Klinik Farma – Metro Kapolda Jaya Karyoto admitted he backed out of a workers’ demonstration that lasted until almost midnight at a horse statue in central Jakarta.
According to him, lengthy negotiations were held between the police and representatives of the participants in the mass demonstrations. However, the police allowed the demonstration, which lasted almost 12 hours.
Caryoto said that his party had indeed trained security personnel, but had no intention of forcibly disbanding.
“If you can be advised to slow down, yes, we will give in, we can give in. We are patiently waiting for other protesters to finish the event,” Carioto said in the horse statue area, central Jakarta, on Thursday. (9.10.2023) Evening.
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The consideration that was made to prevent his party from forcibly dissolving was that women were still participating in the demonstration until evening.
For this reason, Karyoto admitted that he did not choose repressive measures to control the mass demonstrations, which eventually came to a complete halt around 12:45 WIB.
“Even if we are repressive, we will choose the softest path,” he said.
It is known that the Action Alliance of Millions of Workers (AASB) and the United Labor Movement of the People (Gebrak) held a demonstration on Thursday (10/8/2023).
The AASB and Gebrak will demand that the government repeal Law (UU) No. 6 of 2023 regarding the omnibus law on job creation and by-laws of the government.
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In a statement obtained by Klinik Farma, Gebrak also made other demands, namely the repeal of laws deemed unconstitutional, such as the Minerals and Coal Act (Minerba), the Criminal Code, the Public Capital Act (IKN), the Agriculture Act , the National Education System Act (Sisdiknas), and the Information and Electronic Transactions Act (ITE).
“Repeal Permenaker’s Resolution No. 5 of 2023 regarding adjustments to working hours and wages for certain export-oriented labour-intensive industrial companies affected by changes in the global economy,” Gebrak said in a statement cited on Thursday (8.10.2023).
In addition, they also rejected the Land Bank and demanded an end to agrarian liberalization and land grabbing. Then Gebrak also demanded that there should be no silence on the democratic space in the academic environment.
Another demand is to stop the repression and criminalization of popular movements in all sectors of society.
On the other hand, the AASB demands that President Joko Widodo repeal the Job Creation Act, the Health Care Act, the Financial Sector Development and Strengthening Act, and implement universal welfare for life.
The Presidium of the AASB, Cumhur Hidayat, stated that these three laws ignore the well-being of people, especially workers.
“We believe that these various laws are anti-constitutional, even anti-Pancasilian, so they need to be fundamentally corrected,” Chumhur said at the AASB Joint Secretariat, Chilandak, South Jakarta on Tuesday (August 8, 2023).
For this reason, he continued, the AASB brought together about 40 trade union organizations to take action. Because Jumkhur evaluates dialogue efforts until the law in the Constitutional Court fulfills his requirements.
“On August 10, 2023, we are holding a large-scale ultra-peace labor action with the belief that the President of the Republic of Indonesia will hear and feel the pulse of popular unrest, especially Indonesian workers, so that they want to repeal the law, which is anti-constitutional and anti-Pankashila,” said Cumhur.
