Indonesia
Following protests on Friday, students swarmed streets in Central Jakarta to demand a halt to the government's costly flagship programs and a national strategy to improve the economy, including steps to curb the rise in prices of fuel and basic necessities.
Bung Karno University students shout slogans from atop a car mounted with bullhorns on June 5, 2026, during a protest march against wasteful government spending on Jl. Medan Merdeka near the Arjuna Wijaya Statue in Gambir, Central Jakarta. (Kompas.com/Dian Erika)
Students returned to Jakarta’s streets on Monday to protest the government's costly flagship programs and the state of the economy, with hundreds expected to hold rallies at several locations in the city center.Clad in their school’s red jackets, students from Bung Karno University staged a protest on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan near the iconic Arjuna Wijaya Statue in the afternoon on June 15.
Dubbed as the #TataUlangIndonesia (reorganizing Indonesia) movement, the protest centered on six demands that included a halt to the multitrillion-rupiah free nutritional meal initiative as well as the Red and White Cooperatives program, lower fuel prices and a clear strategy to strengthen the rupiah and improve the economy.
