UNJ Students to Stage Street Protest Tomorrow, Here Are Their Demands

The ‘UNJ Melawan’ Alliance will stage a long march around the State University of Jakarta (UNJ) campus on Friday, 12 June 2026. Head of the Social and Political Department of the UNJ Faculty of Social Sciences and Law Student Executive Board, Dimas Galih, said the action would commence at 1.00 p.m. local time. The long march route starts from Rawamangun Muka, passing the golf course, then turns right towards Pemuda. ‘We will be going against the traffic flow until we stop at the UNJ Pemuda gate,’ Dimas said. Dimas stated that the action would be joined by the UNJ academic community. In addition to students, UNJ Sociology Lecturer Ubedilah Badrun will also attend the protest. A member of the UNJ Melawan Alliance, Andreas, said the decision to take to the streets was the result of a consolidation conducted by all UNJ student organisations on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. ‘We are united in the UNJ Melawan Alliance, which comprises organisations at UNJ, both intra-campus and extra-campus, and we will hold a demonstration within the UNJ environment,’ Andreas said. The consolidation also established two sets of demands for the government of President Prabowo Subianto and the UNJ rectorate. The demands for the government consist of ten points, including stabilising the rupiah; reducing the prices of essential goods and fuel; ensuring teachers’ welfare; purifying the 20 per cent allocation of the state budget for education; halting the free nutritious meals programme and the ‘Red and White’ cooperatives; and demanding the military return to their barracks. Furthermore, the alliance demands the government stop the criminalisation of young people and release all political prisoners; halt the state university legal entity scheme; realise free and democratic higher education; create an educational environment free from sexual violence; and halt national strategic projects that harm the environment. Meanwhile, the demands for the UNJ rectorate include accelerating the construction of the SFD (Saudi Fund for Development) building, which is currently stalled, and requesting that the single tuition fee be adjusted according to students’ economic circumstances. This consolidation occurred amid the discourse of a ‘Reformasi Jilid 2’ action. However, Andreas said the consolidation had not decided whether to join that agenda. ‘We actually want to focus on UNJ itself first. We want to raise the profile and grow the movement here, and only then might we possibly join a wider national movement,’ Andreas said. The UNJ Melawan Alliance sees the potential for conditions to worsen in the future, meaning this initial action at UNJ could escalate into a broader national movement. ‘We are maturing the UNJ student movement first because we have observed a lull in activities here over the past few months,’ said the member of the Didaktika Student Press Institute.