Politics · Indonesia · 3 hrs ago
Protesters in East Kalimantan demand action on fires, outages and fuel shortages
Protesters threw rotten vegetables at the East Kalimantan governor’s office on Wednesday, November 4.
The demonstration was organized by the Geram alliance and continued a protest held on October 21.
Their earlier demands concerned forest and land fires, fuel shortages and repeated power cuts.
Protest leaders said the provincial government had not given them concrete answers.
They added demands for compensation for people with respiratory illnesses linked to the fires and for an adviser, Sudarno, to be removed.
The rotten vegetables symbolized anger over ongoing power cuts, which demonstrator Muhammad Khadafi said had harmed small businesses and killed his livestock.
He said outages in his area had recurred over the past three months, despite East Kalimantan being a major coal-producing region.
The protesters called on the provincial government to address their demands; no response or next step from the government was stated.
Protesters in East Kalimantan threw rotten vegetables at the governor’s office on November 4, demanding action on fires, power cuts and fuel shortages.
The demonstration, organized by the Geram alliance, followed a protest on October 21.
Protester representative Wira Saguna Abyasa Harahap said the provincial government had not given concrete answers to their earlier demands.
Protesters added demands for compensation for people with respiratory illness linked to the fires and the removal of Sudarno from a team of advisers.
Demonstrator Muhammad Khadafi said repeated power cuts had caused losses, including the deaths of his livestock.
- Who
- Members of the Geram alliance and other protesters, including Wira Saguna Abyasa Harahap and Muhammad Khadafi.
- What
- Protesters threw rotten vegetables at the East Kalimantan governor’s office and called for action on fires, power cuts and fuel shortages.
- When
- November 4. The demonstration followed an earlier protest on October 21.
- Where
- The East Kalimantan governor’s office, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- Why
- Protesters said the provincial government had not given concrete answers or taken action after their earlier demonstration.
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Protesters held an earlier demonstration over forest and land fires, fuel shortages and power cuts.
Protesters staged a follow-up demonstration at the East Kalimantan governor’s office and threw rotten vegetables.
- Organizer
- Aliansi Gerakan Rakyat Menggugat (Geram)
- Earlier protest
- October 21
- Demonstration site
- East Kalimantan governor’s office
- Additional demand
- Compensation for people with respiratory illness linked to the fires
- Additional demand
- Remove Sudarno from a team of advisers
- Power cuts
- Khadafi said outages had repeatedly affected his area over the previous three months.
What people are saying
The provincial government has not given the concrete answers we wanted after our demonstration on October 21.
The things they have given us are uncertain promises.
My livestock died because of the power cuts.
How can there be so many mined pits, but the power still goes out?