Jakarta – The Jakarta government is to mobilize government-owned vehicles as well as those belonging to the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) in case there are mass strikes protesting over the planned fuel price increases.

According to Jakarta governor Sutiyoso, the vehicles will be borrowed in order to serve members of the general public who are affected by any strikes.

"There might be hundreds of vehicles used," said Sutiyoso when signing of an agreement between Busway and Telkom at the Monas busway stop on Wednesday (28/09). The governor added that crises such as these have been dealt with very often.

He guaranteed that the Jakarta government had already anticipates the worst possibilities that could happen.

Sutiyoso confirmed that a high-alert status has now been implemented in Jakarta and acknowledged that he has already coordinated with local officials.

Despite all this, the Jakarta governor expressed his doubts over mass strikes on September 29.

Sutiyoso requested that anyone carrying out protests did not resort to anarchy. "There is no need for that," he insisted.

It is claimed that as many as 15,000 people will attend protests against the fuel price increases on Thursday (29/09). It is also claimed that the protests will be followed by mass strikes in order to put pressure on the government so that it cancels the fuel price increases. (Harun Mahbub-Tempo News Room)