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View all search resultsIf there is one song that has become the soundtrack to the current student movement, it is an obscure song from 2008 titled “Mosi Tidak Percaya" (Vote of No Confidence) from the Jakarta-based indie band Efek Rumah Kaca.
The latest nationwide student demonstrations should be seen as a progressive movement to save the future of Indonesian democracy. The following are a few factors that affect the movement’s growth and sustainability.
The revision of the Criminal Code is only one among several problematic bills students are protesting against and the criminalization of pre- and extramarital sex is the least of several concerns regarding the bill.
The nationwide student protests, some of which descended into riots, were marked by incidents that again expose the rift between the TNI and the National Police. The incidents are only the tip of the iceberg of unresolved issues between the nation’s two armed forces.
The last two days have seen large-scale demonstrations involving tens of thousands of university students in Jakarta and other cities across the country, including Bandung in West Java, Palembang in South Sumatra and Makassar in South Sulawesi.
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