Protesters picnic outside Indonesian parliament

Since a holiday pointing to the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, the majority country of the Muslim, sometimes a small, peaceful protests were carried out outside the Indonesian Parliament after more than a week of violence.

While criticizing the benefits of politicians, the students came together for the “picnic protest” with poetry and book readings and asked for the release of the protesters detained and the military personnel to withdraw from the civil security duties.

“There is a picnic together, we don’t show our expression in a creative, innovative way, we’re not shouting in anger, but we have a cool approach to express our anger,” Vincent Thomas, a student leader from the University of Padjadjaran, said in a speech on Compas TV. He said.

Last week, protesters, including students, workers and rights groups, entered the streets of Jakarta to protest the housing allowances of MPs.

After a police vehicle shot and killed a motorcycle taxi driver at a rally, unrest spread throughout the country.

SUFMİ DASCO Ahmad, a senior member of Parliament and President Prabowo Subantio’s political party, said at a press conference on Friday that parliament agreed to remove the advantages of housing and reduce other benefits while placing a moratory in overseas trips starting from September.

Online news portal Detik.com, the monthly wage of parliamentarians will be reduced to 65.5 million Rupiah (A6,150 $) reported.

Jakarta Police Spokesman Ary Syam Indradi said that 1371 staff, including police and army, were deployed in the capital on Friday.

Compas, Jakarta more than 500 km east, more than 500 km east of Jakarta, more than 500 km east, students gave food and a part of peaceful protests reported that free health screenings.

On Thursday, student groups met with ministers’ ministers to suppress their complaints about the advantages of deputies and police tactics used against demonstrators.

Student representatives also met some parliamentarians at the beginning of the week, but so far they have not been successful in a meeting with Prabowo.

Rights groups, security forces and other unrest, 10 people were killed and more than 1000 people were injured, he says.

The US -centered Rights Group Human Rights Monitoring Organization said that the authorities have detained more than 3000 people in a country -wide press against protests.