Thousands of Officers Guard Jakarta Student Rally Demanding History Revision Rejection

Thousands of joint police personnel are on standby to secure a student demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, July 17, 2026. The protest, titled 'Indonesia (C)emas,' is organized by the Indonesian Student Executive Board (BEM SI) and includes 11 demands. Key among these are rejecting the rewriting of Indonesian history, urging participatory discussions for the revision of the Criminal Code (KUHAP), and opposing the TNI Law.

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4,132 personnel are being deployed for security in the Central Jakarta area.

First Inspector Erlyn Sumantri, Central Jakarta police public relations chief, confirmed that 4,132 personnel are deployed for security in the Central Jakarta area. While officers will be stationed at several key locations, the exact spots remain unspecified. The rally is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.

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Motion of No Confidence in the Prabowo-Gibran Regime.

The demonstration is spearheaded by the Alliance of the People's Struggle Council (MPA), comprising student bodies from Jakarta State University (UNJ), Trilogi University, STIAMI Institute, and Paramadina University. The UNJ Student Executive Board, via its Instagram account, declared the mobilization a "Motion of No Confidence in the Prabowo-Gibran Regime." They stated that Indonesian society has reached a breaking point, citing social inequality, erosion of civil sovereignty, and crises across various sectors as evidence of questionable public trust in the current cabinet.

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Social inequality, the erosion of civil sovereignty, and crises across various sectors prove that public trust in the Prabowo-Gibran Red and White Cabinet is questionable.