Holiday Declared to support the race for Jakarta No.1

Mahinda Arkyasa

The Governor of Jakarta has issued Regulation No. 35 of 2012 on Holiday for Jakarta Gubernatorial Election Day (“Regulation”). The Regulation implements the Minister of Interior Affairs Decree No. 270 – 134 of 2012 on Determination of Jakarta Gubernatorial Election Day as a Holiday (“Decree”). The Decree declares 11 July 2012, which is the 2012 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election Day, as a holiday for the DKI Jakarta province.

The Regulation stipulates that every governmental and private institutions that does not provide direct public services, such as banking, education, and trading institutions, should relieve their workers from working on the Election Day (Article 3, Regulation).