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        "msgid": "bem-ubk-to-stage-protest-at-state-palace-tomorrow-with-six-demands-1781423606",
        "date": "2026-06-14 14:25:37",
        "title": "BEM UBK to Stage Protest at State Palace Tomorrow with Six Demands",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Student Executive Body of Bung Karno University (BEM UBK) will hold a demonstration at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday, calling for a 'Reordering of Indonesia'. The protest, expected to draw at least 200 students, will present six demands including a halt to the free nutritious meal programme and a review of fuel price hikes. The action reflects growing student unrest over perceived national decline, though organisers stress they seek unity rather than a repeat of the 1998 turmoil.",
        "content": "<p>Student demonstrations will return to Jakarta on Monday, 15 June\n2026. One of the groups involved is the Student Executive Body of Bung\nKarno University, or BEM UBK. They will stage a protest under the theme\n\u2018Reordering Indonesia\u2019 at 10.00 WIB at the State Palace in Jakarta. BEM\nUBK will present six demands, including urging the government to\ntemporarily halt and evaluate the free nutritious meal programme and the\nKoperasi Desa Merah Putih; to review the National Police Law; to stop\nmilitarism and uphold civilian supremacy. Furthermore, BEM UBK is also\nurging the government to take strategic steps to maintain the stability\nof the rupiah exchange rate and national economic resilience; demanding\nthe government provide inclusive, quality, and affordable education\nrights for all Indonesian people; and finally, to review the increase in\nfuel prices because it burdens the public. Chairman of the UBK Faculty\nof Law Student Executive Body, M. Abdi Maludin, explained that the\n\u2018Reordering Indonesia\u2019 action was the result of a consolidation of UBK\nstudent organisations on Saturday, 13 June 2026. According to Abdi, this\nconsolidation was carried out after an internal review by the BEM at UBK\nconcluded that the country is in a slump. This condition is marked by\nvarious demands emerging, from the discourse of \u2018Reformasi Jilid 2\u2019 to\nactions demanding the free nutritious meal programme be stopped. \u2018So, we\nfrom the BEM of Bung Karno University consolidated with the indicator\nthat the country today must rise from the slump that is currently\nongoing,\u2019 Abdi told Tempo on Sunday, 14 June 2026. However, Abdi said\nBEM UBK does not want to return to the past like the 1998\ndemonstrations. He stated that BEM UBK still wants Indonesia to remain\nunited amidst the downturn. \u2018We do not want Indonesia to be divided\nbecause of many provocations and all sorts of things; we must anticipate\nthat among fellow students and the people,\u2019 he said. Abdi said the\nestimated mass participating in tomorrow\u2019s action is around 200 people\nfrom within UBK. However, this number could be higher if other campuses\njoin. Abdi received word that the Student Executive Bodies of Pamulang\nUniversity (Unpam) and Muhammadiyah University Jakarta (UMJ) said they\nwould join tomorrow\u2019s action. \u2018They are currently consolidating and\nperhaps the answer will come after they finish their internal\nconsolidation and deliberation,\u2019 said the man who is also the field\ncoordinator for tomorrow\u2019s UBK action.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bem-ubk-to-stage-protest-at-state-palace-tomorrow-with-six-demands-1781423606",
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