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17 Demands Within 1 Week
(Deadline: 5 September 2025)
Responsibilities of the President
- Withdraw the military (TNI) from civilian security and end the criminalization of demonstrators.
- Establish an Independent Investigation Team into the cases of Affan Kurniawan, Umar Amarudin, and all victims of state violence and human rights violations during the August 28–30 protests, with a clear and transparent mandate.
Responsibilities of Parliament (DPR)
3. Freeze salary/benefit increases for DPR members and cancel new facilities (including pensions).
4. Proactively publish full budget transparency (salaries, benefits, housing, facilities).
5. Launch ethical and judicial investigations (including through KPK) into corrupt or problematic DPR members.
Responsibilities of Political Parties
6. Strictly sanction or expel cadres who act unethically and provoke public anger.
7. Publicly commit to standing with the people in times of crisis.
8. Involve party members in public dialogue with students and civil society.
Responsibilities of the Police
9. Release all detained demonstrators.
10. End police violence and comply with existing SOPs for crowd control.
11. Transparently prosecute and bring to justice officers and commanders responsible for violence and human rights violations.
Responsibilities of the Military (TNI)
12. Return immediately to the barracks and cease involvement in civilian security.
13. Enforce internal discipline to prevent TNI members from taking over police functions.
14. Make a public commitment not to intervene in civilian spaces during the democratic crisis.
Responsibilities of the Economic Sector
15. Ensure decent wages for all sectors of the workforce (teachers, healthcare workers, laborers, ride-hailing partners, etc.).
16. Take emergency measures to prevent mass layoffs and protect contract workers.
17. Open dialogue with labor unions to resolve issues related to minimum wage and outsourcing.
8 Demands Within 1 Year
(Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Clean up and overhaul Parliament (DPR): conduct public independent audits, set higher standards for membership (reject corruptors), establish performance indicators, abolish privileges (lifetime pensions, special cars, escorts).
- Reform political parties and strengthen oversight of the executive branch.
- Draft a fairer tax reform plan and roll back unjust tax increases.
- Pass and enforce the Law on Asset Confiscation from Corruptors (RUU Perampasan Aset): strengthen the KPK and the Anti-Corruption Law (Tipikor).
- Reform the police to be professional and humane, with decentralized functions (security, traffic, national defense).
- Return the military (TNI) fully to the barracks, without exceptions.
- Strengthen the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and other independent oversight bodies.
- Review economic and labor policies, including revising the Omnibus Law on Job Creation and PSN priority projects, to protect workers, indigenous communities, and the environment.
These 17+8 demands are a summary* of various demands and calls that have been circulating on social media over the past few days, including:
The 7-day demands from@salsaer@jeromepolin @cherylmarella, the result of deliberations from millions of people’s voices in the comment section & Instagram Stories.
The demands of 211 civil society organizations published through YLBHI’s website.
Press Release of the Center for Indonesian Law and Policy
Studies (PSHK).
Statement of the Association of Master’s Students in Notarial Law, University of Indonesia.
Statement of the Center for Environmental Law & Climate
Justice, University of Indonesia.
Demands from the Labor Protest on August 28, 2025.
12 People’s Demands Towards Reform, Transparency & Justice by Reformasi Indonesia on Change.org, which has already received more than 40,000 signatures.
*This summary seeks to capture the essence of the various reference sources mentioned above and may not include all details in full. This summary also does not intend to overlook other demands that may have circulated at the same time.
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