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View all search resultsOver the past week, the largest student demonstrations in over two decades have largely focused their ire at the House, criticizing a number of controversial bills and urging lawmakers to pass bills deemed important, such as the antisexual violence bill and the domestic workers bill.
The PDI-P began its political journey in the country in 1973 under the name of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). It resulted from a merger of four parties led by the Indonesian National Party (PNI) — founded by Indonesia’s founding father and Megawati Soekarnoputri’s father Sukarno — following his downfall in the late 1960s.
The Prabowo camp’s demand may cover at least eight posts, or a quarter of Cabinet seats, including the seats of coordinating maritime affairs minister, maritime affairs and fisheries minister, energy and mineral resources minister and agriculture minister.
Speculation is rife that at least three of his ministers — Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno — would likely fail to retain their seats in the Cabinet.
The threat of extremist violence is real as we have been targeted by many terrorist attacks, but spreading fears about how radicalism is spreading wild and recklessly labeling other people as radicals would only drive people further to the extreme.
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