Indonesian political parties have agreed to reduce the benefits of legislators, said President Prabowo suffered on Sunday, with the aim of calming antigan -government demonstrations that have killed at least five people in the worst violence of the country for decades.
The demonstrations began on Monday for what the demonstrators called the excessive compensation for remuneration and housing for parliamentarians, degenerating in riots Friday after a carpooling driver was killed during the action of the police on a protest site.
The houses of the members of the political party and the state buildings were ransacked or burnt down, shaking the confidence of investors in the economy of Southeast Asia and triggering a strong sale on its monetary actions and markets on Friday.
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The looters burst into a house belonging to the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati outside the Jakarta capital overnight, the Antara state news agency reported on Sunday. She was not in the house at the time and it was not clear if she often used the property.
Other demonstrations are scheduled for Monday, and students of students did not cancel them after the announcement of Prabowo.
Prabowo, speaking at a press conference at the presidential palace and flanked by leaders of various political parties, said that he had ordered the military and the police to take severe measures against rioters and looters. He said that some of the troubles wore signs of terrorism and betrayal.
“The leaders of the Parliament revealed that they will revoke a certain number of parliament policies, including the size of the benefits for the members of the Parliament and a moratorium during travel abroad,” said Prabowo.
“For the police and the military, I ordered them to take measures as firm as possible against the destruction of public facilities, looting among the houses of individuals and economic centers, according to the laws,” he added.
Challenge in Prabowo
The demonstrations represent the most important challenge to date for the Prabowo government, which has been faced with little political opposition since its entry into office almost a year ago.Prabowo, who canceled a high -level trip to China due to the troubles, also met key members of his cabinet on Sunday at the presidential palace to discuss the situation.
Many ministers and political leaders arriving at the palace have used civil license plates instead of specials given to managers, said a witness, to an apparent safety extent while disorders vintage in certain places.
The army was deployed to keep the palace above the usual detail of the secret services. On Sunday, many key houses in ministers and government facilities were also kept by the military.
We do not know who is at the origin of the riots and looting which followed the demonstrations, which were initially organized by student associations.
Muzammil Ihsan, head of the organization of Indonesian students, the largest student umbrella group in the country, told Reuters that the legislator’s benefits cup was “not sufficient” and said new demonstrations were “considered”.
“The government must solve deeply rooted problems. Anger in the streets is not without cause,” said Ihsan.
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Egar Afriansyah, president of a smaller group of students, Indonesia Student League for Democracy, who has protested since Monday, said that the presidential announcement did not attach to the root of the problem, which is “the political oligarchy and an unequal economic structure”.
He described Prabowo instructions to the police and the military as “clearly repressive and intimidating”.
Global Rights Watchdog Amnesty International’s Indonesia Chapter in a declaration called use by Prabowo of terms such as betrayal and terrorism as “excessive”.
Tiktok, owned by Bytedance of China, said that she had suspended her live functionality in Indonesia for a few days.
The death toll reached five Sunday, according to the local Makassar disaster management agency, Sudlawesi province, South. He said that an online motorcycle taxi driver was beaten to death by a crowd accusing him of being an intelligence agent.
On Friday, three others were killed in a criminal fire against the local parliament building.
