Parking attendants stage protest

CILACAP, Central Java: Hundreds of parking attendants rallied at the legislature building on Monday to protest the local government's plan to increase its take of parking fees by 70 percent.

The protesters called the increase from Rp 14,000 to Rp 24,000 inhumane and impossible to comply with.

During their meeting with representatives of the demonstrators, councillors from Commission C for financial affairs promised to bring the parking attendants' complaint to the local administration.

Councillor Supriyanto Hadibroto said the increase was being sought because the regency failed to meet its revenue target from parking in the previous fiscal year. The local administration collected Rp 97.3 million of the targeted Rp 139 million in parking revenue last year. (45/lup)