Students from Bung Karno University (UBK) and MH Thamrin University\nwho staged a demonstration at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta have\nissued an ultimatum to the government after meeting Vice President\nGibran Rakabuming Raka. They gave a deadline of 5x24 hours to show\nfollow-up actions on their demands.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf within 5x24 hours, by Friday, 19 July 2024 at the latest, the\nsecond party violates, ignores, or does not show progressive evidence of\nthe realisation of this memorandum, then the first party has the right\nto say that the second party has a defect in moral legitimacy and has\nbetrayed our agreement,\u201d said action coordinator Muhammad Abdi Maludin\nafter the meeting at the Vice Presidential Palace, Jalan Medan Merdeka\nSelatan, Central Jakarta, Monday (15\/6\/2026).<\/p>\n
Previously, student representatives were received by Gibran to convey\na number of aspirations covering fiscal, education, legal, and civilian\nsupremacy clusters, as well as the monetary and energy crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur fellow students conveyed their aspirations, both their\ngrievances from the regions and grievances on a national scale, they\nconveyed them constitutionally directly to the Vice President,\u201d Abdi\nsaid.<\/p>\n
In the fiscal and education cluster, the students requested the\ngovernment temporarily suspend the implementation of the Free Nutritious\nMeal (MBG) programme and audit the transparency of the food sovereignty\ndeputy\u2019s policies in the regions. They also requested that efficiency\nsavings be redirected to subsidise higher education operational costs to\nmake education more affordable.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the students proposed that the government send an\nofficial recommendation to the House of Representatives (DPR RI) to\nconduct a legislative review of the newly passed Polri Law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe third point; the legal and civilian supremacy cluster. I will\nshorten this because our friends are there. Sending an official\nrecommendation on behalf of the regional government to the DPR RI to\nconduct a legislative review of the Polri Law that was passed a few\nweeks ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The students also highlighted the monetary and energy crisis. They\nurged the central monetary authority to intervene to maintain the\nstability of the rupiah exchange rate. Furthermore, they requested the\ngovernment cancel the policy of increasing Pertamax fuel prices, which\nthey consider to be suppressing people\u2019s purchasing power.<\/p>\n
Acting Secretary of the Vice President Al Muktabar said Gibran\nreceived and welcomed the aspirations conveyed by the students through\ninteractive dialogue. According to him, a number of issues raised\noriginated from the regions but have a national-level impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that will be material for consideration to be advanced to the\nVice President regarding matters that require follow-up, of course\nwithin the limits of authority according to laws and regulations,\u201d said\nAlmuktabar.<\/p>\n
He said the results of the study and the students\u2019 aspirations would\nbe material that Gibran would bring to President Prabowo Subianto. The\nstudents\u2019 demands, he said, would be forwarded through the applicable\nmechanism.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh yes, of course the two of them, the Vice President and the\nPresident, have a working mechanism that will be conveyed on appropriate\noccasions according to the available time,\u201d he added.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/after-meeting-gibran-students-issue-5x24-hour-ultimatum-to-government-1781531473", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }