August 25, 2025 | 10:26 am
THE gates of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan, Jakarta, began to be heavily guarded by security forces ahead of the call for demonstrations on Monday, August 25, 2025. Police officers were seen erecting several concrete barricades along the entrance to the legislators' offices.
The barriers were erected to cover the gates of the DPR building. An additional fence was also seen installed right at the entrance.
Tempo observed on Monday morning, August 25, 2025, dozens of police officers and DPR internal security officers began to stand guard. Several members of the public and online motorcycle taxi drivers stood in front of the DPR building. However, there were no visible protesters for the August 25 demonstration.
Dozens of vehicles belonging to the Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob) unit were also parked in the front yard of the DPR building. Two police cars equipped with water cannons were parked directly behind the heavily guarded gate.
Security was also increasing at the Pancasila Gate, the back entrance of the DPR building. The general public without access was prohibited from entering the House of Representatives building. Dozens of police officers were seen taking part in a roll call to prepare for the August 25th demonstration.
The call for the August 25th demonstration was spearheaded by a movement calling itself the "Indonesian People's Revolution." They called on elements of society, workers, farmers, and students, to take to the streets.
In their narrative, they demanded an investigation into the alleged corruption case involving former President Joko Widodo's family and the impeachment of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka. "Let's urge the House of Representatives (DPR) to carry out its functions and duties as a government oversight," read the message, as received by Tempo on Sunday, August 24, 2025.
The General Chair of the Confederation of All Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPSI), Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat, stated that it was unclear who or which group was responsible for the August 25th demonstration in front of the DPR building.
"Because it's unclear who is responsible and what the demands are, I'm prohibiting all members or the KSPSI family throughout Indonesia, especially in the Greater Jakarta area (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi), from participating in the August 25th demonstration," Jumhur said on Saturday, August 23, 2025, as reported by Antara.
Similarly, Pasha Fazillah Afap, Media Coordinator of the All-Indonesian Student Executive Board Alliance (BEM SI) Rakyatyan, stated that his group would not take to the streets on August 25th. "Nothing from us," Pasha said when contacted on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
He stated that the use of BEM SI Rakyatyan's name in the August 25, 2025, demonstration was false. Pasha stated that BEM SI Rakyatyan had held a demonstration in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
During the demonstration, they demanded the cancellation of the discussion of problematic draft laws and the implementation of policies that only benefit the oligarchy. They reject revisions to the Criminal Procedure Code and the Broadcasting Law.
Ervana Trikarinaputri contributed to this article.
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