BIN Chief Responds to Student Alliance's Call for 'Reform Jilid II'

State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Muhammad Herindra has called on the public to maintain national unity. His statement came in response to a call by the Indonesian Student Executive Board (BEM SI) alliance, which is planning a ‘Reform Jilid II’ action. Herindra delivered a brief message without commenting directly on the plan. “The important thing is that we must all safeguard unity and integrity. We must not let anything unfavourable happen to us all,” Herindra said when met at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on Thursday, 11 June 2026. Students from various campuses are strengthening national consolidation in response to economic pressures, rising staple food prices, the weakening rupiah and various government policies. The term ‘Reform Jilid II’ resurfaced when BEM SI of Central Java gave the government an 18-day deadline to stabilise the rupiah exchange rate, which had collapsed to Rp 18,201 per US dollar in early June. BEM SI of Central Java conveyed this demand during a protest in front of the Bank Indonesia representative office in Semarang on Friday, 5 June 2026. “If the demand is not met, they threaten to hold a demonstration titled Reform Jilid 2,” stated a collaborative post by BEM SI and Story Rakyat. The BEM SI alliance previously held an online national consolidation on 4 June 2026. The forum discussed the economic crisis afflicting Indonesia, particularly the further depreciation of the rupiah, fiscal bloat, unemployment, and the rising cost of living. University of Indonesia Student Executive Board chairman Yatalathof Ma’shum Imawan said BEM UI would consolidate to address the current economic conditions and the state of democracy under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto. Yatalathof stated that BEM UI would hold a focus group discussion (FGD) with student movements across UI, followed by a national consolidation. Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said the government appreciates the aspirations and input regarding the student groups’ demands for the government to immediately strengthen the rupiah exchange rate. However, he noted that Indonesia’s current economic problems are not easy to resolve. “It is of course influenced by many factors,” he said at the DPR Complex in Jakarta on Monday, 8 June 2026. He stated that the government is working hard to promptly resolve the issue of the recently weakened rupiah. Prasetyo is optimistic that the measures taken by the government will be able to overcome the national economic problems. “With close and intensive coordination, and policies that reinforce one another, also providing certainty to business actors today,” said the Gerindra Party politician.