Hundreds of students marched in Jakarta, Indonesia, AGAINST President Prabowo’s spending agenda, fuel price hikes, and Prabowo's troubled free meals program.
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Kepada para pemimpin republik, kami orang muda bukan musuh bangsa ini. Jangan kerahkan tentara dan polisi untuk membatasi suara kami.
Ajak kami berdialog dan penuhi tuntutan kami. Kami bukan penyebab krisis, para pejabat brengsek itu adalah penyebab kekacauan ini.
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Students and citizens in Indonesia are currently taking to the streets to voice their concerns about the current situation and demand accountability.
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For those who want a bit more context: a massive student and worker protest is unfolding in Indonesia’s capital in response to the Prabowo government’s decision to raise fuel prices, alongside other policies that many Indonesians are calling corrupt because they deepen the burden on working-class Indonesians already struggling with rising living costs and a weakening rupiah.
What’s fueling the anger even further is the broader feeling that economic pressure is being pushed downward onto ordinary people while major policy decisions continue to favour politicians and the ultra wealthy.
Just last year, Indonesians protested over the same kind of government corruption, which led to a crackdown on its own civilians using military force in cities like Jakarta and Bandung, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries, including those of students.
This situation, however, embarrassed the Probowo government, as people from all over the world began paying attention and massed mobilised to send food, medical/legal aid and financial donations via apps like Grab and Ojek (the region’s equivalent of Uber) the movement received particularly strong support from people across Asia, especially Southeast and East Asia, while also drawing contributions from around the world. This is why Indonesians are asking the world pay attention to their country again.
"Kami memaksa masuk karena ini adalah hak kami untuk bersuara, hak kami untuk berpendapat, itu diatur dalam Undang-Undang Dasar," kata Koordinator lapangan aksi demo mahasiswa di Bundaran HI, Albani Ilmi pada Jumat (12/06).
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Students holding peaceful protests in Jakarta are facing obstruction from the police and the military.
The police should protect, not suppress, people who peacefully exercise their right to protest.
The military should never be involved in controlling peaceful civilian demonstrations.
Indonesian authorities will deploy thousands of police and soldiers ahead of a planned protest by students, who are angry at the rising cost of living and want President Prabowo Subianto to rein in big-ticket spending and revive the economy https://t.co/Ztu8PQ8AN9