Another protest at Satyawacana

Another protest at Satyawacana

SALATIGA, Central Java: Hundreds of students and lecturers at Satya Wacana Christian University held another demonstration yesterday demanding democracy on campus.

The demonstrators also demanded to know the results determined by a 10-member team assigned to seek a settlement to the prolonged internal conflict.

The "Team 10" was set up to mediate for the various rival groups formed following the highly controversial expulsion of lecturer Arief Budiman last year.

Pro-Arief demonstrators have been demanding his reinstatement and the dismissal of rector Jon JOI Ihalauw, whose election last year was regarded as undemocratic by many. Several lecturers have gone on strike to voice their demands.

"We will stop striking if conditions on campus return to normal," said Nico L. Kana, a senior lecturer.(har/imn)