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        "id": 1804887,
        "msgid": "gibran-receives-student-protest-representatives-promises-evaluation-of-key-programmes-1781533222",
        "date": "2026-06-15 20:22:46",
        "title": "Gibran Receives Student Protest Representatives, Promises Evaluation of Key Programmes",
        "author": "Teguh Firmansyah",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka met with 15 student representatives from UBK and MH Thamrin University at the Vice Presidential Palace following a protest near the Horse Statue in Jakarta. The closed-door meeting lasted over an hour, during which Gibran reportedly noted the students' demands and committed to evaluating controversial government programmes, including the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) and the Red and White Village Cooperatives scheme.",
        "content": "<p>Representatives of students from Bung Karno University (UBK) and MH\nThamrin University, who were staging a protest on Jalan Medan Merdeka\nSelatan in Central Jakarta, were invited to the Vice Presidential Palace\non Monday (15\/6\/2026). Fifteen student representatives were received by\nVice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.<\/p>\n<p>Based on observations, the student representatives who had been\ndemonstrating near the Horse Statue left their group for the Vice\nPresidential Palace at 5 p.m. WIB. They then walked to the palace, which\nis approximately 700 metres from the protest site.<\/p>\n<p>The representatives entered the Vice Presidential Palace at around\n5.30 p.m. WIB. The closed-door meeting lasted more than an hour,\nconcluding at 6.50 p.m. WIB.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Abdi, Chairman of the Student Executive Board (BEM) of the\nFaculty of Law at UBK, stated that he had directly conveyed the\nstudents\u2019 aspirations to Gibran. According to him, the eldest son of the\n7th President Joko Widodo noted down the students\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n<p>\"The response from the relevant parties, especially the Vice\nPresident, was very good,\" he said after meeting Gibran on Monday\nevening.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Gibran has also taken note of a number of student\ndemands. The Vice President is also said to be planning an evaluation of\nseveral programmes that are currently under intense public scrutiny,\nparticularly the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme and the Red and\nWhite Village Cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>\"This means that the Vice President is open and accepts the results\nof his review. He will audit and consolidate\u2014what is it, consolidate\u2014he\nwill inform the leadership, more specifically President Prabowo\nSubianto. He will sound it out again,\" he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/gibran-receives-student-protest-representatives-promises-evaluation-of-key-programmes-1781533222",
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