Global Week of International Student Day

Indonesian Student Union Took an Action Against Capitalization of Education

Dozens of Indonesian Students 'Union mass (SMI) held a rally commemorating the "International Student Day' along Diponegoro St. and Indonesia University (UI), Salemba Central Jakarta, on Monday (17/11). Mass action was also held in several major cities across Indonesia, including Medan, Pringsewu, Pekalongan, Makassar, Tangerang and 15 other major cities.

SMI staged for protesting against the expected fuel-price hikes (BBM) which will be Jokowi-JK regime. Because, raising fuel prices is evidence that the regime ruling pro-free market.

"On the pretext of problems burden the budget, the classic excuse used since the regime to regime by SBY-JK till Jokowi today," said lead action, Acil, in his speech.

According to Acil, the reason is usually accompanied by taming action, for example, fuel subsidies are transferred to the people through the allocation of cash.

"Both regimes SBY and Jokowi never honestly show the public that led to a reduction in the subsidy removal is the impact of Indonesia had dictated by capitalist-imperialist interests that encourage energy and oil and gas Indonesia in liberalization," he said.

Fuel as the backbone of the country's economy is sensitive if increased. And will affect all sectors of life. The reason the government raised fuel considered as an illusion to cover the depravity of the system used by the government of the pro-free market and ASEAN Economic Community.

Indonesian Student Union also campaign for the issues surrounding the high cost of tuition due campus autonomy and commercialization of education, as well as the democratization campus restrained by campus bureaucracy.

In its action, dozens of students also prayed as concerns of many violence and repression against the student movement and people movement around the world. Such as tragedy of the murder of 43 student activists in Mexico, also violence experienced by the student movement in Makassar and Medan. Indonesian Student Union will continue to promote unity with the student movement and other sectoral movement against education capitalization and neo-liberal system.

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