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housands of students from the National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI) staged another round of protests on Friday to demand that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo rescind the controversial Job Creation Law, as well as to express their opposition to protest restrictions and alleged police brutality.
The students, who were from 26 universities under the BEM SI, gathered at the Arjuna Wiwaha monument, better known as the Horse Statue, near the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta at 1 p.m. Other groups of students gathered at the Kuningan overpass in South Jakarta. Some students carried signs rejecting the law, such as “Vote of No Confidence”.
Bagas Maroupindra, BEM SI coordinator for Greater Jakarta and Banten, said Friday’s protests continued the students’ fight against the contentious jobs law and expressed their objection to an Oct. 9 Education and Culture Ministry circular that called on university students not to take part in jobs law protests.
“We see [the circular] as an attempt to silence the student movement,” he said.
