Trisakti University Students Present Tritura Demands at DPR

Students from Trisakti University held a demonstration at the DPR building in Jakarta on Friday, 19 June 2026. During the protest, they presented three popular demands, which they called Tritura.

Minister of Presidential Affairs for Foreign Affairs at Trisakti University, Arief Rizquna, explained that the demonstration was not a spontaneous act, but the result of consolidation and preparation carried out over the past few days.

“We have been preparing for less than two days, from consolidation and issue inventory to how this accumulation of movement and anger can bear fruit in a movement,” Arief said when met before the protest.

In the protest, 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 problems occurring in Indonesia today cannot be resolved partially. Therefore, the demands were classified into three major issues deemed most urgent.

The students believe these three demands have a number of derivative issues directly related to the people’s condition. Some of these include lowering fuel prices, reducing the cost of staple goods, and guaranteeing civil liberties for the public.

Besides highlighting economic issues, he also criticised the performance of several public officials who were deemed incompetent in executing government programmes.

In the second demand, the students urged the government to temporarily halt and evaluate the implementation of the free nutritious meal programme (MBG). They assessed that the various problems emerging in the programme’s implementation were not only related to political will, but also to the capacity of the officials responsible for its execution.

“In our view, the failure of this programme is also caused by the lack of competence of the state officials running it,” said a representative of the protesters.

The protest at the DPR RI is part of a series of movements initiated by the Trisakti University Student Executive Board (BEM FH) to voice various issues they believe are increasingly burdening society. The protesters asserted that they will continue to pursue these demands until they receive a response from the government and the DPR.