Trisakti Student Body Vows Further Protests if Situation Does Not Improve
The President of Trisakti University Students, Dhenni Ribowo, stated that students have not set a specific deadline for the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to meet their various demands. The Trisakti University BEM will continue to monitor developments over the next one to two weeks.
“However, if there is no change or if the situation worsens within this one to two-week period, the people will surely cry out on their own,” he said when contacted yesterday.
If conditions do not improve, the Trisakti University BEM does not rule out the possibility of conducting further demonstrations. “Yes (demonstrations),” he confirmed.
Last Friday, several student elements demonstrated in front of the DPR Building. Students from the Trisakti University BEM, for instance, demanded national economic and political recovery, the eradication of incompetence among state officials, and the restoration of civil supremacy.
Following the protest, DPR leadership received representatives from HMI MPO, BEM Trisakti, BEM Esa Unggul, BEM Mercu Buana, and several other student elements.
Ribowo noted that the DPR promised to assist in meeting several demands, such as resolving the scarcity of subsidised fuel. However, not all demands regarding civil supremacy were addressed, such as the demand to resolve militarism in Papua as presented in the documentary film ‘Pesta Babi’. “There has been no answer yet,” he said.
Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, previously communicated with the Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, during a meeting with students at the DPR Building in Central Jakarta on Friday, 19 June 2026. Dasco communicated with Nanik to convey student demands regarding the temporary suspension of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme.
Deputy Speaker Saan Mustopa stated that Dasco communicated with Nanik to report these demands. Saan noted that the BGN is currently implementing budget savings for the MBG programme. Based on the BGN’s review, savings have reached approximately Rp 70 trillion.
“In the remaining period, there is a governance saving of about Rp 70 trillion resulting from the review of inefficient MBG programme elements,” he said at the DPR Building on Friday, 19 June 2026.
Saan added that Dasco also communicated with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, regarding student demands. Students identified price increases for fuel such as Pertamax and the scarcity of subsidised fuel.
“Dasco communicated with the Minister of ESDM, which was heard directly by the students,” he said.
Saan stated that Bahlil promised to meet subsidy needs and address fuel scarcity in the near future. Additionally, students requested that the DPR halt legal proceedings against 15 Trisakti University students who were named suspects following clashes during the protest commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Reformation Tragedy in front of the Jakarta City Hall on 21 May 2025.
According to Saan, the Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Habiburokhman, is currently communicating with the police to resolve the issue.
“The two Mercu Buana students detained while attempting to go to DPR 2 have also been communicated. Once this is settled, it will be easy for them to be released,” he said.