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Aliansi Gusar - Overseas Responses to Indonesia's Protests

Talking Indonesia

Published
September 11, 2025
Duration
37:10
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Last updated
Sep 2, 2026

Discusses On August 25 2025, protestors took to the streets in Jakarta outside the parliament to vocalise thei…

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On August 25 2025, protestors took to the streets in Jakarta outside the parliament to vocalise their loss of confidence in the current parliament. While the protests were triggered by a newly announced increase in parliamentarian housing allowances, the protests were about so much more. Underpinning it all was a general lack of confidence that Indonesian…

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On August 25 2025, protestors took to the streets in Jakarta outside the parliament to vocalise their loss of confidence in the current parliament. While the protests were triggered by a newly announced increase in parliamentarian housing allowances, the protests were about so much more. Underpinning it all was a general lack of confidence that Indonesian politicians care about, or were effectively responding to, the very real struggles of everyday Indonesians that they are supposed to be repres