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        "msgid": "nusron-and-sudaryonos-remarks-after-ugm-discussion-disrupted-by-students-1781621585",
        "date": "2026-06-16 21:14:31",
        "title": "Nusron and Sudaryono's Remarks After UGM Discussion Disrupted by Students",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A discussion forum at Gadjah Mada University featuring three government officials was disrupted by protesting students, leading to heated exchanges and a brief chase. Minister Nusron Wahid expressed regret over the 'anti-democratic' disruption, while Deputy Minister Sudaryono denied fleeing, stating they were open to dialogue. Student representatives claimed the action was a legitimate protest against a government they accuse of silencing criticism and wasting public funds.",
        "content": "<p>A number of students disrupted a discussion event featuring three\nstate officials at the Gelanggang Inovasi dan Kreativitas (GIK) UGM on\nMonday evening (15\/6). The incident was also marked by a chase. The\naction took place while the forum, attended by Head of the Poverty\nAlleviation Acceleration Agency Budiman Sudjatmiko, Minister of Agrarian\nAffairs and Spatial Planning\/National Land Agency (ATR\/BPN) Nusron\nWahid, and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono, was underway.\nInitially, the discussion proceeded smoothly. However, shortly after,\nseveral students climbed onto the stage and unfurled banners rejecting\nthe speakers. The situation escalated until the discussion was halted\nand plastic cups were thrown. The three officials were then evacuated,\nbut hundreds of students blocked them outside the GIK UGM building.\nNusron Wahid and Sudaryono briefly engaged in dialogue with the crowd,\nbut the talks reached an impasse. As they left the location under\nescort, a scuffle involving pushing and shoving occurred between\nstudents and security personnel. A representative of the UGM Student\nUnion (SEMA), Mesa, stated that the action was a form of criticism\nagainst the government. They argued that as long as the government\nconsiders criticism a disturbance, the officials are unfit to discuss\nPancasila. \u2018They are not worthy of discussing Pancasila while Indonesia\nsilences the people\u2019s voice, while they consider criticism a nuisance,\nwhile they continue to waste public money on useless programmes, the\nFree Nutritious Meal programme (MBG), the Kopdes Merah Putih, and many\nother things happening now,\u2019 Mesa said. Mesa considered the friction\nthat occurred to be normal, stating it happens when the government can\nno longer be reminded gently. \u2018The friction occurs precisely because\nthey talk nonsense, they lie a lot,\u2019 he said. \u2018The friction that\nhappened earlier is actually a normal thing in a democratic country,\nwhere they can no longer just be whispered to, but must be shouted at,\u2019\nhe added. Regarding the chase, he claimed it was triggered by officials\nwho did not want to engage in discussion with the students. \u2018The chase\nwas actually because they were avoiding us. We would not have chased\nthem if they had answered one simple question: did they feel guilty?\nThey didn\u2019t. They instead asked a question back and explicitly felt no\nguilt. That is the consequence of their actions,\u2019 he asserted. Minister\nNusron Wahid responded to the incident, explaining he came with Budiman\nSudjatmiko and Sudaryono to engage in direct dialogue with the academic\ncommunity. \u2018We came with proper organisers, with a complete permit\nletter from the rectorate. We were ready to be there to dialogue with\nanyone, with the academic community, on any topic, because we from the\ngovernment have prepared ourselves to be bullied, to be insulted in\nfront of anyone, because that is the consequence of holding office,\u2019\nNusron said in a post on his personal Instagram account. Nusron said the\ndiscussion event was going well until a group of people, whom he\ndescribed as not ready for dialogue, disrupted it. He expressed regret\nover the incident. \u2018But apparently tonight, fate said otherwise. There\nwas a group of anti-democratic people, who were not ready for dialogue,\nnot ready for democracy and not ready to accept a dialogue of ideas, who\nprioritised imposing their will and violence, which we deeply regret,\u2019\nNusron said. \u2018This forum was supposed to be a good dialogue, as in other\ncampuses. There was no motivation to castrate, but we were actually\nready to be criticised. If there was something wrong, we were ready to\ncorrect it, if there was input, we would follow it up. But it was\nthwarted by that group,\u2019 he continued. Nusron then called on all parties\nto create a good debate space in implementing democracy. He affirmed his\nreadiness to continue attending similar dialogues in the future. \u2018Let us\nuphold democracy in a civilised manner. Therefore, discussion spaces and\nforums for debate of any kind must not be closed and must not create a\nmonologue of a single opinion from certain groups only. We are ready to\nserve any invitations to exchange data and arguments. But tonight, we\ntruly regret it, though we do not regret coming,\u2019 he said. Deputy\nMinister of Agriculture Sudaryono also provided clarification, stating\nhe came to UGM with Nusron Wahid and Budiman Sudjatmiko with the\nintention of having an open and democratic dialogue with students. \u2018We\ncame to UGM precisely to discuss. This event had been planned for a long\ntime and had received permission from the campus. This is also not the\nfirst activity of this kind,\u2019 Sudaryono said. According to Sudaryono,\nfrom the outset, he and the other speakers opened the widest possible\nspace for students to ask questions or criticise government policies.\n\u2018Being asked anything is fine. Being judged in any way is also fine. We\nwere present to dialogue democratically,\u2019 he added. However, in the\nmiddle of the forum, Sudaryono claimed there was a group of participants\nwho did not want the discussion to continue, making the situation\nunconducive. \u2018We had been discussing for about 30 to 40 minutes. But\nthen there was a group of people who wanted the forum stopped. Even\nthough most of the participants still wanted to continue,\u2019 he said.<\/p>",
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