Forest fund for planes nagged

Forest fund for planes nagged

YOGYAKARTA: Dozens of students staged a protest on Thursday
against the government's decision to use Rp 400 billion ($193
million) in reforestation funds to finance the national aircraft
industry.

The protest involving students from the socio-political school
of Gadjah Mada University dispersed peacefully.

The banner-waving demonstrators demanded that the presidential
decree on the appropriation of funds for the IPTN aircraft
industry be revoked because it would only worsen deforestation.

Student Yan Parhas said the presidential decree was
unconstitutional because the 1993 guidelines of state policy
guarantee sustainable development. (fad/pan)