Austerity & Privatisation

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November 2014

News/Indonesia
Merdeka.com – November 19, 2014

Kresna – A protest action by students against the recent fuel (BBM) price hike at the intersection in front of the Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University (UIN) campus in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Wednesday November 19 has again ended in a clash.

News/Indonesia
Merdeka.com – November 19, 2014

Yan Muhardiansyah – A number of different student groups in the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan continue to hold protest actions against the government’s recent increase in the price of fuel (BBM).

On the afternoon of Wednesday November 19, a demonstration was held by the Islamic Students Association (HMI).

News/Indonesia
Merdeka.com – November 19, 2014

Moch. Andriansyah – A street protest opposing the recent fuel (BBM) price hike by scores of students from the Islamic Students Association (HMI) at the East Java governor’s office in the provincial capital of Surabaya on Wednesday November 19 ended in a clash.

News/Indonesia
Liputan 6 – November 18, 2014

Actions opposing the recent fuel price hike continue. In the East Java city of Malang, hundreds of activists from the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII) arrived at the Pertamina (state fuel company) fuel terminal on Jl. Halmahera number 13 on Tuesday November 18.

September 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – September 6, 2014

Amid mounting calls by big business, the IMF and the World Bank to redirect costly fuel (BBM) subsidies to ‘productive investment’ (read tax breaks and businesses subsidies), President Yudhoyono (left) appears likely to leave such an unpopular decision to president elect Joko Widodo (right) rather than be remembered in his last month in office f

July 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – July 10, 2013

Man: Best wishes in fulfilling the obligations of the holy fasting month

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – July 5, 2013

Basket reads “Prices going up”

Soaring inflation resulting from the government’s widely criticised decision to increase subsidised fuel prices is already impacting on household consumption – which contributes around 60% to GDP growth – with the World Bank saying economic growth will fall below 6% for the first time in two years.

June 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – June 26, 2013

Man: Prices are under control... there’s a ‘driver’ right

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – June 22, 2013

Kid: BaLSeM. Warm... provides instant relief for kerokan (after oiling and scraping the body) and soreness!

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – June 19, 2013

Man: Will it reach its target, no, yes? (chest reads Fuel Compensation Funds, book reads 2013 State Budget)