National Consolidation of the Republic Conference Open to Students

The national consolidation agenda organised by the civil society coalition Konferensi Republik in Jakarta on Sunday, 28 June 2026, is open to students. Konferensi Republik will hold a national consolidation entitled ‘The Path to Reorganising the Republic’ on Sunday morning, 28 June 2026. At the event, which will be held at the Salemba Campus of the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, Konferensi Republik will formulate a civil society platform and work programme. Konferensi Republik also plans to establish a civil society institutional design along with a pioneering board that will translate the consolidation results into organisational form. “(Students) can certainly attend. There are student friends who will be present, although not all are representing their student executive bodies,” said Yanuar Nugroho, Secretary General of the Konferensi Republik Committee, to Tempo on Saturday, 27 June 2026. According to a statement from Konferensi Republik on 26 June 2026, the national consolidation will open with reflections by former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said and Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, Deputy for Political, Legal and Defence Affairs at the Presidential Staff Office from 2016 to 2023. The conference will hold three plenary sessions, including a consolidation plenary to formulate the final draft of civil society’s stance. The adoption of the conference outcomes is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Muhammad Isnur, Chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), and the Jakarta-based indie rock band Efek Rumah Kaca will deliver an epilogue before the event’s closing. Tomorrow’s national consolidation is a follow-up to the first Republic Conference held in Yogyakarta on 30 May 2026. The conference at Gadjah Mada University produced several key findings, including attention to the simultaneous difficulties occurring across various aspects of the republic’s life. Civil society also took issue with democratic institutions that, while formally operational, are far removed from their representative and oversight functions. According to Konferensi Republik, a crisis has occurred that is cross-sectoral and affects the relationship between citizens. “Therefore, Indonesian civil society needs to organise itself to reorganise the republic,” said Yanuar Nugroho, Secretary General of the Konferensi Republik Committee, on Sunday, 31 May 2026.