WORLD WORLDWIDE ASIA INDONESIA JAKARTA - news journal UPDATE - (en) Indonesia, KP: Abolish Parliament! Update on the Wave of Rebellion in Indonesia (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 This wave of rebellion, starting in late August 2025, was caused by the

accumulation of anger over various political and economic issues. There
was no single issue. Everything escalated with a massive increase in
house taxes across the region, due to the government's budget deficit.
At the same time, members of parliament received a tenfold increase in
wages. This was exacerbated by officials' often arbitrary statements.
For example, the Regent of Pati said that taxes would not be reduced,
even if a mass demonstration of 50,000 people took place. Pati was the
first city to explode with a turnout of around 100,000 people on August
10, 2025. Protests against the tax increase spread to Bone, then to
other cities. During a demonstration in Jakarta, an online
transportation worker was killed after being run over by a police
vehicle. The following day, demonstrations spread to many cities, and
they continue to this day as we publish the update. At least ten
civilians were killed, several officials' homes were looted, and half a
dozen House of Representative offices were partially burned or burned to
the ground. We were confident this rebellion would subside, but the
public's anger did not.

There are too many organizations, networks, and groups formulating
demands. Even each city has its own unique demands. There are two
revolutionary demands: the first from the Perserikatan Sosialis (PS),
and the other, a loose, informal, and decentralized network that issued
the Declaration of the Indonesian Federalist Revolution 2025, which
calls for the dissolution of the unitary state and the DPR system and
its replacement with a Democratic Confederalism of thousands of people's
councils for the implementation of direct democracy. Progressive
liberals call for a more reformist call, the 17+8 demand.
Insurrectionary anarchists, individualists, and post-leftists focus on
attacks and street clashes, calling for the destruction of the state and
civilization, but without bothering with a platform or program. There is
no united front, but we avoid excessive ideological sectarianism.

While there's no single issue, the discourse simultaneously centers on
three: tax increases, police violence, and, most importantly, the
dissolution of the House of Representatives. Perhimpunan Merdeka hasn't
yet taken a position, but it's participating in every demonstration in
its respective cities and using it to expand its network. We are calling
for the global people's movements solidarity to support our struggle in
Indonesia through a variety of tactics and methods.

Long live the revolution!

Perhimpunan Merdeka

https://perhimpunanmerdeka.org/2025/09/02/statement-august-2025-protest/
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