Defiant Indonesian students gather for protests
Hundreds of students gathered in Great Indonesian cities and challenged the fear of pressure against protests after deadly uprisings at the weekend.
The protests began against the expenditure priorities such as developed advantages for the deputies of the government a week ago and rose to rebellion and plunder after a police vehicle was shot and killing a motorcycle taxi driver.
The houses of political party members, including the Minister of Finance, were looted, and the state buildings have been searched or caught with the greatest difficulty since he took office about the President of the President Prabowo Subuanto about a year ago.
On Sunday, Prabowo announced a deduction in the advantages of the MPs, who were a great privileges, but warned that security forces would move tightly to control the law and order.
The heavy presence of military -led security led to the postponement of some organizers in the capital Jakarta.
However, student protesters were gathered on Monday in Jakarta and in the cultural yogyakarta center of Indonesia and in Makassar, the location of the worst violence at the weekend.
The Makassar meeting was close to the local Parliament building, which was burned to the ground on Friday.
The leader of a student group from Makassar State University, “the president’s statement yesterday did not meet the demands of students and civil society,” he said.
Syamry, who just entered a name, said that students have other, deeper demands, such as comprehensive reforms in the police.
Protests and violence had financial markets, the stock market decreased more than three percent at the opening on Monday and before the recovery of some amount.
Previously, students and civil society groups called protests in Jakarta. The police chief of the city said that more than 1200 protesters were detained there.
The alliance of Indonesian women, a coalition of women -led civil society groups, said that it delayed the planned protests in the parliament to prevent any pressure made by the authorities.
In an Instagram mission on Sunday, the group said, ında A delay was made to prevent the increase in severe increase by the authorities.
Student groups also delayed a protest on Monday and a umbrella group said that the decision was “very impossible conditions”.
Army patrols can be seen on the main roads of Jakarta. With many businesses, traffic was weak, allowing schools that hold online lessons from home and schools.
Social media tasks from some groups warned fake protests and called on people to be careful.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed that the looters were the victims of an Instagram. He called on people not to plunder and apologized for the lack of the government.
Capital Governor Pramono Anung, last week’s protests $ 3.4 million ($ 5.2 million) recorded infrastructure damage and more than 700 people were injured, he said.
Economic Minister Airlangga Hartaro said on Monday that eight people were killed in protests. Hareto said the economy is basically solid and will receive support from a planned incentive package.
In a note of Indonesia on Monday, the rating agency S&P said it is not possible that protests are unlikely to rise to a degree to weaken political stability, even if the protests warned the policy adjustments that add financial burden.
“A potential result is an increase in social expenditures to increase support for medium and low -income groups,” he said.
“This can lead to a financial exposure close to the legal limit of three percent of GDP.”
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