Zero Point Yogyakarta surrounded by demonstrations urging Jokowi, tourists still crowded

TEMPO.CO, Yogyakarta – Zero Kilometer Point Range Yogyakarta From this afternoon to the evening there were demonstrations again, together with the arrival of President Joko Widodo to Yogyakarta on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. These demonstrations condemned and urged Jokowi to resign immediately and be tried because he was seen to have played with it several times. democracy through its power.

However, the action this time was different from the previous one. The crowd of students and activists from the Jogja Calling movement no longer blocked the road Malioborobut instead they held the Democracy Pulpit on the west corner of Zero Kilometer Point, which is usually an open place for tourists to gather. This area is only separated by the wall of the Presidential Palace Big Buildingwhere Jokowi stayed while in Yogyakarta.

Keeping track Tempo, The action, which started at 17.00 and ended at 19.30 WIB, proceeded in an orderly manner until its conclusion. With a tight security guard around them, the demonstrators continued to take turns giving loud speeches, expressing their criticism and demands about the Jokowi regime.

Tourism activities are not disturbed

During the activity which lasted for almost three hours, it was seen that the flow of traffic in the Zero Kilometer Point area was busy. There are no roads for vehicles from the direction of Malioboro which are blocked by the police anywhere. Whether west, east or south, all routes are free.

Visitors and groups of tourists, both local and foreign, who happened to visit the Zero Kilometer Point area continued to carry out their activities without being disturbed by mass action. However, visitor and tourist activity is currently more concentrated in the eastern corner of Zero Kilometer Point. The west corner was full of demonstrators.

During the demonstration that took place at the Gedung Agung Presidential Palace, there was no sign or information that Jokowi would come out of the palace to greet residents or just hand out t-shirts, as he does usually when in Yogyakarta.

Keeping track Tempo, At dusk, the palace’s main lights were brightly lit and a line of cars were parked inside. However, it is not known whether Jokowi was inside or not.

The Emergency Alert Call is not over yet

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In a press release, one of the activists participating in the Jogja Calling element, Elanto Wijoyono, revealed that today’s action was held as a call for an #EmergencyAlert that has not ended yet.

“The fraudulent practice that the authorities are trying to do by revising the Pilkada Bill shows that the main goal of the Jokowi regime is to maintain dynastic power and politics,” he said.

They suspect that Jokowi’s government and its large coalition in the DPR RI will continue to oppose the decisions of the Constitutional Court (MK), especially regarding the conditions for appointing regional leaders.

“We reject the republican authoritarianism practiced by Jokowi and his nobles and we will continue to fight against attempts to undermine the constitution,” he said.

Demonstrations in the tourist area of ​​Malioboro – Zero Kilometer Point were recorded for the third time last week. First on August 22, then on August 27 and 28. During the demonstration, the multitude of students and activists held their activities in an orderly and peaceful manner, there were no riots or conflicts.

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