Student Representatives Meet with House Leadership Amid Protests

The leadership of the House of Representatives (DPR) held a meeting with several student representatives at the DPR Building, Central Jakarta, on Friday, 19 June 2026. Various student elements had previously conducted demonstrations in front of the DPR Building earlier this afternoon.

The meeting was led by the Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Sufmi Dascom Ahmad. Also in attendance were the Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Habiburokhman, the Deputy Chairman of Commission III, Rano Alfath, and the Chairman of the House Honorary Council (MKD), Nazaruddin Dek Gam. As of this time, the discussion is still ongoing.

Previously, thousands of students from Trisakti University and Esa Unggul University demonstrated in front of the DPR Building on Jalan Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta, on Friday afternoon, 19 June 2026. They arrived at the DPR complex following members of the Islamic Students Association (HMI) and Mercu Buana University, who had arrived earlier.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs for Trisakti University, Arief Rizquna, explained that the demonstration was not a spontaneous action, but rather the result of consolidation and preparations carried out over the last few days.

“We have been preparing for approximately two days, starting from consolidation and the inventory of issues, to determining how this accumulation of movement and anger can bear fruit as a movement,” said Arief when met before the action.

In the demonstration, the students carried three main demands. First, national economic and political recovery. Second, the eradication of incompetence among state officials. Third, the restoration of civilian supremacy.

He assessed that the various issues currently occurring in Indonesia cannot be resolved partially. Therefore, the demands brought forward were classified into these three major issues, which are considered the most urgent.