Detik.com
- January 20, 2009
Didi
Syafirdi, Jakarta – Scores of students held a demonstration in the Megaria area
of Central Jakarta on January 20 opposing the 2009 general elections. During
the action the students even set fire to political party flags.
The 50 or so
students from the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Student
Community and the Bung Karno University began the action at the Proclamation
Monument then moved of to Megaria.
During the
march, they use spray paint to write graffiti on several houses reading “Reject
the 2009 elections”.
At the
Megaria intersection they distributed leaflets, the contents of which urged the
public not to take part in the 2009 elections saying that the elections will
only give birth two new oppressors.
They also
set fire to political party flags including flags belonging to the Democrat
Party, the United Development Party, the Patriot Party and the National Mandate
Party.
[Abridge
translation by James Balowski.]
