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Gibran Meets Student Protesters, Receives Demands

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka met with representatives of students protesting in Jakarta.
  • The meeting, held at the Vice Presidential Palace, lasted over an hour and addressed student demands.
  • Gibran noted the students' aspirations and will report them to President Prabowo Subianto, promising to evaluate programs like the

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka met with representatives from Universitas Bung Karno (UBK) and MH Thamrin University who were protesting in Central Jakarta. The group of 15 students was invited to the Vice Presidential Palace on Monday, June 15, 2026.

After leaving their protest site near the Horse Statue, the students walked to the palace and entered for a private meeting that lasted over an hour, concluding around 6:50 PM.

Muhammad Abdi, Chairman of the UBK Law Faculty Student Executive Board (BEM), stated that he directly conveyed the students' demands to Gibran. Abdi reported that the Vice President was receptive and took note of the students' requests. He added that Gibran would evaluate programs like the "Free Nutritious Food" (MBG) and the "Red and White Village Cooperative."

"The Vice President is open and accepts the results of his review. He will audit and consolidate, or rather, he will inform the leadership, specifically President Prabowo Subianto. He will sound it out again," Abdi said after the meeting.

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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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