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        "msgid": "bem-ui-to-stage-protest-at-bundaran-hi-today-1787028819",
        "date": "2026-08-18 10:54:50",
        "title": "BEM UI to Stage Protest at Bundaran HI Today",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The University of Indonesia's Student Executive Board (BEM UI) is holding a demonstration at the Bundaran HI roundabout in Central Jakarta today, presenting eight demands to the government. The protest, titled #MerebutKemerdekaan (Seizing Independence), comes a day after the state ceremony and questions the meaning of independence being celebrated. The students are calling for lower fuel and staple food prices, an end to corruption, genuine agrarian reform, and the declaration of a national disaster status for affected regions in Sumatra and Flores.",
        "content": "<p>The University of Indonesia\u2019s Student Executive Board (BEM UI) will\nstage a demonstration in the Bundaran HI area of Central Jakarta today.\nThey are bringing a number of demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, one day after the state ceremony was held, we take to the\nstreets not to celebrate, but to ask loudly: what kind of independence\nare we celebrating?\u201d said BEM UI Chairman Yatalatof Imawan in his\nstatement on Tuesday (18\/8\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>He said today\u2019s demonstration is titled #MerebutKemerdekaan. BEM UI\napologised in advance if the protest causes traffic congestion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the residents of Jakarta, we apologise for today\u2019s congestion.\nBut remember: this traffic jam is only for a few hours, whereas the\nstructural congestion, the job market congestion, and the forced justice\ncongestion have been going on for eighty-one years and continue to\nworsen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There are eight demands being voiced in today\u2019s demonstration. They\nare demanding that the government lower fuel prices and declare disaster\nstatus in several regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is only the beginning. Students, workers, farmers, teachers,\ntraders, and all the people who feel this republic is being betrayed by\nits own ideals, let us seize back true independence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependence will not be given by the state every year through\nceremonies. It must be forcibly claimed by the united power of the\npeople,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the eight demands of BEM UI in today\u2019s\ndemonstration.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of the people who are not yet fully independent, we\ndeclare that we are FED UP and demand:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><p>Stop the state\u2019s colonisation of its own people<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Stop Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism (KKN)<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Realise genuine agrarian reform<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Lower the prices of basic necessities and fuel<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Conduct a total evaluation of National Strategic Projects (PSN)\nand stop MBG and KDMP<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Stop the centralisation of power, the cutting of Regional\nTransfers (TKD), and restore regional autonomy<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Declare a national disaster status for the Sumatra and Flores\nregions and accelerate the recovery of disaster-affected areas<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Stop repressiveness and TNI-Polri intervention in civilian spaces\nand disband YON TP<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bem-ui-to-stage-protest-at-bundaran-hi-today-1787028819",
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