Day of Action in Indonesia (Oct.20th)

According to PEMBEBASAN the following day of action was also linked to the "Global Wave". Among others it aimed against the increasing prices for basic necessities and for free education.


The following report was sent in:

20 Oktober : National Protest for the First Anniversary of SBY-Boediono Regime

SBY and Boediono are President and Vice President who were elected in 2009. But in one year SBY's government, 20 Oktober 2010 a lot of people do not see an increase in welfare of society. The data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) obtained that 31 million people earned 165 thousand rupiah per month. And in fact more than 100 million people live below an eligibility standard (on less than $2 a day). Students and other people movements considered that this goverment is not feasible anymore to be maintained because they make many people in Indonesia live in poverty.

Here is some documentation of student action and on the whole Indonesian people commemorate the 1-year government of SBY-Boediono on October 20, 2010:

Jakarta, Tangerang, Bekasi

The name of unity : Collective Action Comitte

List of organization include : PPI, SMI, PPBI, FPBJ, PEMBEBASAN, KPOP, PMKRI, SBTPI, SP-PLN, CGM UBK, PPRM, Perempuan Mahardhika, SPKAJ, KPRM-PRD, Forum Mahasiswa Se-Jabodetabek, ABM.

You can read the statement on facebook.com

Pictures taken on 20 Oktober 2010 in Jakarta:

 

 

 

on the banner it says:
No to SBY-Boediono, Parliament, Reshuffle Cabinet, and other Political Elites -
But for Democracy and Prosperity under the Authority of the People

 

Samarinda, East Borneo

Yogyakarta, DIY

 

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