For the past several weeks, we’ve witnessed an open dispute between activists, the Government, and the House of Representatives (DPR). The problem heats up because the DPR insists on wanting to promulgate several bills at the same time before their term ends this week. One of the bills promulgated without any announcement to the public was the bill to revise the provisions in the Law on Corruption Eradication Commission, and this triggered backlash. What started as one problem has now developed into very large and widespread problems. The Student Executive Boards (BEM) from various universities across Indonesia staged rallies demanding many things, including for the authorities to annul the newly promulgated Law on KPK and annual the plan to promulgate several other bills, including the bill to revise the Law No. 4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining (UU Minerba). Although we have no clue what makes the student refuse the bill, we do know that the President had asked the DPR to postpone their plan and until now the discussion is ongoing.
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