Jakarta – The wave of demonstrations in Jakarta and several other regions over the past week has formulated a number of demands to the government regarding improvements in bureaucratic governance and law enforcement.

Responding to President Prabowo Subianto's press conference today (31/08) and the earlier order by the chief of police to shoot on sight with rubber bullets any protesters attacking police headquarters, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director

Man: I'm optimistic we can be great! The land is full of gold, nickel, copper, the seas are full of fish!

Kid: But there's lots of unemployed! Corruptors are getting greedier and know no shame!!!

[The following is a translation of a statement by the Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) welcoming International Labour Day, National Education Day, Marsinah Day and 27 Years of Reformasi 1998.]

Secretly and in violation of internal procedures, the House of Representatives (DPR) passed the revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian National Armed Forces (UU TNI). The revisions to the TNI Law will give more power to the military.

Father: Starting tomorrow, your mother will manage your pocket money.

Poki: So it'll be safe?

Father: It should be, but it's not certain.

Poki: Mother won't be corrupt, right?

Father: That's not yet certain, hopefully not.

Poki: But I'll certainly have more money?

Riang Karunianidi and Dipo Negoro – The first one hundred days of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has already given us a picture of how this regime will run in the future.

Poki: Dad, this is my evaluation of your performance as a father...

Father: Were the results satisfactory?

Poki: Grim! Dark! Mom's authoritarian! My pocket money's been cut! The food isn't tasty! Snacks are hard to come by. I've even been ordered not to come back if I run away!

Protesters began gathering at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts and cultural centre in Cikini on Friday afternoon, February 21, ahead of the climax of the Dark Indonesia actions at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta.