Students’ Voices Heard
The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have decided to postpone the endorsement of several bills to allow time for reviewing problematic articles and communicating them to the public.
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Students from various universities flock to Jl. Gatot Subroto to take part a demonstration in front of the Senayan Legislative Building in Jakarta on Tuesday (24/9/2019). The demonstrators were objecting to problematic articles in a bill to revise the Criminal Code Bill and were demanding that the recently approved revisions of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law be revoked.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The demands raised by student demonstrations in a number of regions have been heard. The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have decided to postpone the endorsement of several bills to allow time for reviewing problematic articles and communicating them to the public.
The government and the DPR should open space for the public in discussing the bills. At the same time, all parties should exercise restraint and avoid violence. The issue should not have led to a mass action like that in Slipi, Jakarta, which was followed with several public facilities such as a toll gate and police station being set alight on Tuesday evening (24/9/2019).