Student Community Holds Peaceful Action at CFD HI, Educates on Dangers of Brawls

A student community in Jakarta held an action to create the ‘Guard Peaceful Indonesia’ petition at the Car Free Day (CFD) at Bundaran HI. They raised issues regarding brawls up to the Free Nutritious Meals programme.

Observations by detikcom at the location on Sunday (26/4/2026) showed them laying out a white cloth around the Welcome Monument. The cloth was then signed by residents who saw it and were active in the surrounding area.

The action began with a healthy walk at Bundaran HI. They then stopped to invite residents to affix their signatures.

During the action, the students also explained the purpose of the petition. They were represented by the Persatuan Intelektual Muda dan Pelajar Indonesia (Pionir) community.

One student representative, Nur Aira Adiasti, said the petition invites residents not to be easily provoked by unverified news. According to her, unclear news has the potential to divide Indonesia.

“We reject the provocateurs who divide Indonesia’s unity,” said Aira when met at the location.

Aira said that as students, they are concerned about the frequent brawls, especially in Jakarta. They claim to often create content and conduct surveys as efforts to prevent brawls.

“From small things we can do, like creating video content about the dangers of brawls, causes, consequences, and education around brawls. Or perhaps our friends can conduct field surveys to follow up on those cases,” she explained.

In addition, Aira mentioned concern over the central government’s Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme issue. According to her, there is still much homework in implementing that programme, which triggers many comments and provocations.

“The recent issues, like the viral MBG one, from the SPPG side might be problematic. Thus triggering a lot of anger, then buzzers play, leading to mutual attacks and unproductive actions,” she said.

Aira emphasised that students, as recipients of the programme, must join in safeguarding it. Therefore, according to her, students must care about these issues.

“Because we as students receiving the programme also want to safeguard it together,” she said.