Indonesian netizens are busy uploading an image of the Garuda Bird symbol with a dark blue background or Garuda Biru with the words’ Emergency Warning’. This upload became a trending topic on the X and Instagram platforms with the title Emergency Warning.
The mass movement is an invitation to the public to oversee the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) and the 2024 Regional Head Elections.
This response emerged after the House of Representatives (DPR) Indonesia agreed to revise the Regional Head Election Law that annulled the Constitutional Court’s decision Number 60/PUU-XXII/2024, which stipulated new requirements for the submission of regional head candidates.
The Garuda Biru image is believed to have been first shared by several collaborative accounts, including @najwashihab, @narasinewsroom, @matanajwa, and @narasi.tv on Instagram.
The narasi.tv page explains that the poster with the words “Emergency Warning” is a fragment of an old video uploaded by the EAS Indonesia Concept YouTube account on October 22, 2022.
Besides the image of Garuda Biru with the words Emergency Warning, netizens are also flooded social media using the hashtag #KawalPutusanMK.
The purpose of these two hashtags is an invitation to raise awareness and encourage public participation while monitoring and overseeing the 2024 Pilkada process.
It is known that one day after the Constitutional Court’s decision, the Pilkada Bill Working Committee Meeting ignored it regarding the nomination requirements for the 2024 Pilkada.
This emerged in the discussion of the inventory list of new problems proposed by the DPR RI initiative in response to the Constitutional Court’s decision.
The DPR Legislation Body for the revision of the Pilkada Law is considered to have been designed in defiance of two previous Constitutional Court decisions.
First, the threshold for regional head candidacy should be restored to 20 per cent of DPRD seats or 25 per cent of the valid votes in the previous legislative elections, a regulation that the Constitutional Court has clearly ruled is contrary to the 1945 Constitution.
Second, the minimum age limit for regional head candidates should be restored starting from the inauguration. In fact, the Constitutional Court yesterday emphasized that the counting point must be taken at the determination of candidate pairs by the KPU.
Demonstrations at the Indonesian House of Representatives, Here Are Alternative Routes You Can Take
A wave of demonstrations occurred after the House of Representatives (DPR RI) tried to circumvent the Constitutional Court (MK) ruling regarding the Pilkada Law.
Today, Thursday, August 22, 2024 demonstrations were held in three different locations. The rallies are taking place to oversee the process of the DPR plenary meeting discussing the revision of the Pilkada Law, which was rushed in one day and one night.
The demonstrations will be held at 3 points, namely in front of the DPR RI Building, in front of the Constitutional Court Building and the Merdeka Palace.
Motorists who want to visit the DPR / MPR RI area can take several alternative routes.
- Motorists travelling on the Inner City Toll Road from the East (Semanggi) who will exit the Slipi/Palmerah/Tanah Abang off-ramp can go through Tomang Toll Road to exit at the next off-ramp.
- Arterial Road traffic from the East (Semanggi) heading to the West (Slipi) can go through Jalan Gerbang Pemuda-Jalan Asia Afrika-turn around Entrance 1 Gelora Bung Karno-Jalan Asia Afrika-Jalan Patal Senayan-Jalan Patal Senayan 1-Jalan Patal Senayan Simprug-Jalan Layang Simprug-Turn around at Taman Pirus Permata Hijau-Jalan Permata Hijau-Jalan Tentara Pelajar.
- Arterial Road traffic from the East (Semanggi) heading to the West (Slipi) can turn around at Kupingan Semanggi-Jalan Jenderal Sudirman-Jalan K.H. Mas Mansyur-Jalan Penjernihan-Jalan Pejompongan Raya-Kupingan Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto.
- Traffic from Jalan Palmerah Timur can go through Jalan Gelora-Jalan Gerbang Pemuda-Turn around Jalan Gerbang Pemuda.
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