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        "msgid": "protests-mar-council-ceremony-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-09-01 00:00:00",
        "title": "Protests mar council ceremony",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Protests mar council ceremony TANGERANG (JP): Noisy protests staged by three different groups marred the swearing-in ceremony of the 45 newly installed legislators for the Tangerang council on Tuesday. The situation was tense particularly when some of the protesters forcibly tried to get into the council building, which was heavily guarded by scores of police and military. However, no clashes were reported during the protests.",
        "content": "<p>Protests mar council ceremony<\/p>\n<p>TANGERANG (JP): Noisy protests staged by three different<br>\ngroups marred the swearing-in ceremony of the 45 newly installed<br>\nlegislators for the Tangerang council on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The situation was tense particularly when some of the<br>\nprotesters forcibly tried to get into the council building, which<br>\nwas heavily guarded by scores of police and military.<\/p>\n<p>However, no clashes were reported during the protests. The 45<br>\nlegislators from nine parties and representatives of the Armed<br>\nForces took their official oaths in the ceremony and the process<br>\nran smoothly as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the protesting groups were supporters of the Indonesian<br>\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and students of Al Islahat<br>\nIslamic junior high school, demanded legislator Gian Sugiharsono<br>\nresign due to his alleged role in a land scam and the apparently<br>\nillegal way he obtained his job.<\/p>\n<p>The other group, said they were Tangerang Savior Front members<br>\nand wanted to remind all the newly elected legislators to carry<br>\nout all programs on the Tangerang reform agenda.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Al Islahat students, Gian was allegedly<br>\ninvolved in the unlawful deal of 2,000 square meters of land that<br>\nbelonged to their school.<\/p>\n<p>\"He also rented out the remaining school property without<br>\nnotifying the owner, the Nurul Kuncung foundation,\" said Anton,<br>\none of the school teachers who joined the protest.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration caused heavy traffic congestion on the<br>\navenues of Jl. Nyimas Melati and Jl. Ahmad Yani. Security<br>\nofficials quickly blockaded the roads.<\/p>\n<p>The PDI Perjuangan supporters said that Gian's appointment was<br>\nillegal.<\/p>\n<p>\"We proposed 15 names of prospective legislators but only 3<br>\nwere appointed and the rest (of the councilors) are not familiar<br>\nto us at all,\" Ribka Ciptaning, deputy chairman of PDI-<br>\nPerjuangans' chapter in Tangerang said. (41\/edt)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/protests-mar-council-ceremony-1447893297",
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