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        "msgid": "delpedro-presents-defence-statement-august-demonstrations-born-from-breached-justice-not-incitement-1772442066",
        "date": "2026-03-02 15:21:12",
        "title": "Delpedro Presents Defence Statement: August Demonstrations Born from Breached Justice, Not Incitement",
        "author": "Abdul Haris Maulana",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, accused of inciting the August 2025 demonstrations, defended his position by arguing that the protests stemmed from genuine public grievances and social unrest rather than activist agitation. The defendant attributed the demonstrations to accumulated tensions over parliamentary allowance increases amid economic hardship and cited the initial peaceful nature of the protests, rejecting claims that he should bear sole responsibility for subsequent violence.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2013 Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, the defendant in a case\nregarding alleged incitement of the August 2025 demonstrations,\nexplained the root causes of last year\u2019s protests.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the August demonstrations occurred due to public\nanxiety and not incitement by activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe demonstrations were born from a sense of justice that had been\nviolated. They were not born from incitement, but from genuine social\nunrest,\u201d said Delpedro during his defence statement at the continuation\nof his trial at the Jakarta Central District Court in Kemayoran on\nMonday, 2 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to Delpedro, the action represented an accumulation of\npublic tensions that had been ongoing for some time and could not be\nseparated from the interference of political elites and state\napparatus.<\/p>\n<p>He also referred to trial facts indicating that the August\ndemonstrations initially began as peaceful expressions of opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be emphasised that the August demonstrations were initially\na public expression of rejection towards the proposed increase in\nparliamentary allowances,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen citizens were facing economic pressure, social inequality, and\ndifficult daily lives, the discussion of increasing parliamentary\nallowances was raised,\u201d Delpedro continued.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, public anger intensified when footage circulated\nshowing parliament members dancing.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the wave of public rejection towards the allowance\nincrease grew stronger.<\/p>\n<p>According to Delpedro, for many citizens, this scene became a symbol\nof the broken empathy between elites and the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople came (to protest) carrying aspirations and hopes. No one came\nwith the intention to die, no one came with the intention to destroy,\u201d\nhe added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rioting that subsequently occurred cannot simply be attributed\nas a single fault against me as the defendant,\u201d Delpedro stated\nfirmly.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, alleged involvement of police officers in the chaos, the\nmobilisation of certain groups, and the trampling of an online\nmotorcycle taxi driver who was working to earn a living and subsequently\ndied intensified public anger.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/delpedro-presents-defence-statement-august-demonstrations-born-from-breached-justice-not-incitement-1772442066",
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