A video clip showing an alleged confession by a member of the Bung\nKarno University Student Executive Board (BEM) accepting a bribe has\nsurfaced on social media. The university rectorate subsequently\nsuspended their student status, including Muhammad Abdi Maludin,\nChairman of the Faculty of Law\u2019s Student Executive Board.<\/p>\n
Vice Rector III Daniel Panda stated the decision was made after the\nrectorate directly received Abdi\u2019s confession regarding a bribe\namounting to Rp 20 million. Based on Abdi\u2019s admission, he added, the\nbribe money was provided by an individual alumnus of the university\u2019s\nFaculty of Law through police officers. The alumnus requested that the\nStudent Executive Board refrain from demonstrating in the State Palace\narea.<\/p>\n
Daniel mentioned there had been a request for students to relocate\nthe demonstration to the front of the DPR, MPR, and DPD Complex.\nHowever, this request was rejected. BEM Universitas Bung Karno proceeded\nwith the demonstration at the Patung Kuda area. \u201cThe money was still\naccepted. It was given in the early hours,\u201d he said during a press\nconference in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, 23 June 2026.<\/p>\n
During the demonstration titled \u201cTata Ulang Indonesia\u201d (Reorganise\nIndonesia), representatives of BEM Universitas Bung Karno subsequently\naccepted an invitation for closed mediation with Vice President Gibran\nRakabuming Raka.<\/p>\n
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairman Deddy\nSitorus urged Gibran to clarify the alleged bribe money received by\nseveral members of the Student Executive Board from the Faculty of Law\nand Faculty of Economics at Universitas Bung Karno. Deddy said Gibran\nmust openly explain the alleged flow of money to the students. The\nmember of Commission II of the House of Representatives also pressed\nGibran for an explanation regarding the circumstances of the audience\nwith UBK student representatives at the Vice Presidential Palace.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is impossible he does not know. But he needs to speak up,\u201d Deddy\nsaid at the DPR Complex, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 23 June 2026. Vice\nPresident\u2019s Special Staff member Tina Talisa had not responded to a\nrequest for comment sent by Tempo via WhatsApp on Wednesday, 24 June\n2026.<\/p>\n
Researcher from the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA),\nan organisation monitoring the state budgeting process, Siska Barimbing\nexplained that demonstration funding is typically raised through\ncrowdfunding from the alliances or organisations staging the action.\nSiska stated that demonstration funding never comes from the State\nBudget (APBN) or regional budgets.<\/p>\n
The transparency of demonstration budgets depends on the agreed\nmechanism of the alliance or organisation, as it does not originate from\npublic funds. Therefore, Siska said, if it is not from public funds, the\ndemonstration funds are accounted for openly within the internal\nalliance or organisation.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor public funds, the allocation rules are clear. There is no\nnomenclature for funding protests,\u201d Siska said on Wednesday, 24 June\n2026. She stated that institutions suspected of funding demonstrations\nmust indeed be questioned and provide direct explanations.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/should-demonstration-funding-be-transparent-1782305761", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }