PDI-P provides free buses for 'mudik'

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) is providing free transportation for people wishing to return to their hometowns to celebrate the post-fasting Idul Fitri holiday.

With 164 buses, the country's largest political party will send people home to their hometowns in West, Central and East Java provinces this weekend.

It is customary for Indonesian people to return to their hometowns, or mudik, for Idul Fitri.

"The first 20 buses will leave on Saturday evening from our headquarters and another 144 will leave from Kemayoran ground," the party's deputy secretary-general, Pramono Anung Wibowo, said on Friday.

The party's headquarters is on Jl. Lenteng Agung Raya in South Jakarta.

Seats on the buses are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. The party will also distribute bags and T-shirts for those who take part in the program. --JP