According to the plan, the President and Vice-President will travel from the parliamentary building to Hotel Indonesia Boulevard by car, and from there the supporters will escort them to the State Palace.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Police will allow Joko "Jokowi" Widodos supporters to hold a post-inauguration procession to escort the new President and Vice-President to the State Palace on October 20, said the chief of police.

"It will not be a problem if they (the Jokowis supporters) hold a procession from Hotel Indonesia Boulevard to the State Palace," Indonesian Police Chief General Sutarman stated here on Wednesday.

Earlier, the police had asked Jokowis supporters to celebrate the presidential inauguration peacefully and without any kind of processions.

But in the end, said Sutarman, the police gave its permission for the procession.

According to the plan, the President and Vice-President will travel from the parliamentary building to Hotel Indonesia Boulevard by car, and from there the supporters will escort them to the State Palace.

"There will be some events during the procession. From Hotel Indonesia Boulevard, they (Jokowi-JK) will be probably escorted to the State Palace on horses," Sutarman pointed out.

Sutarman assured that police personnel will be ready on standby to secure the procession.

The police will deploy 24,800 personnel on the inauguration day: inside the Parliament Building, in the parliament yard, outside the building, and in other strategic economic centers in Jakarta.

Meanwhile, Secretary General of the Peoples Consultative Assembly Edi Siregar noted that some nine heads of state will attend the inauguration.

Among the nine heads of state are Brunei Darussalams Sultan Hasanal Bolkiah, Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Timor Lestes President Xanana Gusmao, Papua New Guineas Governor General Michael Ogio, Malaysias Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, Haitis Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, Thailands Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, and former prime minister of Japan and special envoy Yasuo Fukuda.

The inauguration will also be attended by ministers from Indonesias partner countries, such as the US Secretary of State John Kerry, New Zealands Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully, and the United Kingdoms Foreign Affairs Minister William Hague.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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