Students rally against Golkar

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Hundreds of students from various universities in Purwokerto staged a rally here on Tuesday, demanding that Golkar party be banned from participating in the 2004 general election due to past indiscretions.

The demonstration started at the campus of state-run Jendral Sudirman University before the students marched to the town square where they made speeches.

Later, the protesters moved to state-run Radio Republik Indonesia and asked the radio to broadcast their protest, but the request was turned down.

The students also demanded that former president Soeharto be thoroughly investigated by the Attorney General's Office. (45)