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        "id": 1810726,
        "msgid": "hundreds-of-semarang-students-protest-again-at-central-java-governors-office-criticising-mbg-and-shrinking-1781794433",
        "date": "2026-06-18 21:09:08",
        "title": "Hundreds of Semarang Students Protest Again at Central Java Governor's Office, Criticising MBG and Shrinking Civil Space",
        "author": "Karta Raharja Ucu",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Hundreds of students from the Indonesian Islamic Student Movement (PMII) staged a third protest in a week outside the Central Java Governor's office in Semarang. The demonstrators demanded the termination of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme and condemned the increasing involvement of military and police personnel in civilian roles. Organisers vowed to continue the protests until their demands are met and political conditions improve.",
        "content": "<p>Hundreds of students affiliated with the Indonesian Islamic Student\nMovement (PMII) held a demonstration in front of the Central Java\nGovernor\u2019s office and Regional People\u2019s Representative Council (DPRD)\nbuilding in Semarang on Wednesday afternoon. This marks the third\nstudent protest at the Governor\u2019s office in nearly a week. The demands\nvoiced by the PMII students were largely similar to those of the\nprevious two demonstrations. A representative from the PMII commissariat\nof UIN Walisongo Semarang, Alfani, stated that while a previous\ncollective action had raised five points known as the Panca Tuntutan\nRakyat (Pantura), this protest focused on two primary demands: the\ncessation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme and the rejection\nof repressive actions by security forces within civilian spaces. Alfani\nhighlighted how TNI and Polri personnel are currently entering the\ncivilian domain and occupying civilian positions, arguing this serves as\nevidence that civil space is increasingly shrinking. He noted that the\nparticipating demonstrators came from several PMII commissariats in\nSemarang, including UIN Walisongo, Semarang State University (Unnes),\nMuhammadiyah University of Semarang (Unimus), and the University of PGRI\nSemarang (Upgris), with an estimated crowd of more than 300 people.\nDuring the protest, the crowd unfurled banners at the gate of the\nCentral Java Governor\u2019s office bearing slogans such as \u2018The state is\ndying, the rulers are treacherous\u2019, \u2018Reject militarism\u2019, and \u2018PMII\nindicts\u2019. Demonstrators also painted the asphalt with the words \u2018State =\noppressor. Fight!!\u2019. Alfani emphasised that the PMII Semarang action is\na follow-up to previous demonstrations and that further protests will be\norganised. He stressed that the student actions, particularly by PMII\nmembers, will not cease until all their demands are met, until the\npolitical situation is no longer in collapse, and until welfare is\nrestored to the people.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hundreds-of-semarang-students-protest-again-at-central-java-governors-office-criticising-mbg-and-shrinking-1781794433",
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