Wed Oct 2020 2 years ago

Workers Set Off Smoke Bombs, Demonstrate Omnibus Law in Horse Statue Area

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.TV Masses of workers from the Federation of Metal Electronics Machine Workers' Unions throughout Indonesia demonstrated around the Horse Statue, Jalan Medan Merdeka, Central Jakarta on Wednesday, October 28 2020.

They gave speeches while lighting smoke bombs or colorful smoke bombs.

They demanded that the government cancel the Omnibus Law on Job Creation and demanded that President Jokowi issue a Perppu.

"Today we FSP LEM SPSI held our umpteenth demonstration asking the President to issue a Perppu canceling the Job Creation Bill and we can clearly see that this Job Creation Law from the start of its planning is not appropriate, " said Arif Minardi, General Chair of the DPP FSP LEM SPSI.

The President considers it necessary to issue a Perppu because the drafting process and final text are still controversial in society.

Because they were deemed responsible for the commotion, workers also asked the president to reshuffle the cabinet of the ministers who were directly involved in the formulation of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

They also rejected the circular from the Minister of Manpower which did not increase the 2021 minimum wage.
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