Saturday, August 23, 2014

Surprising calm

On thursday schools were dismissed early, businesses closed early, and people stayed home anxiously... All due to the perceived threat of riots. There was to be a judicial decree that presidential hopeful Probowo's case would be struck down.

There was a large presence of demonstrators around the constitutional court in anticipation. The whole business district was on lockdown. However the courts did a very smart thing... They read out nearly 300 pages of the documents over the course of 6 hours. The demonstrators wanted a quick answer, yes so they could celebrate... no so they could riot. The court took its time and slowly ever so slowly they gave the news that they would uphold the election and that Jokowi had in won leaving Probowo nothing but regret. The crowds just slowly dispersed and it was all over. The end!


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