Andovi Da Lopez: Don't Choose More DPR Members Who Don't Meet Demands 17+8

Content creator and influencer Andovi da Lopez participated in a demonstration in front of the DPR/MPR Senayan Complex, Jakarta, Friday (5/9/2025). (ANTARA/Katriana)

JAKARTA - Content creator and influencer (influencer) Andovi da Lopez urged the mass of civil society alliances and student elements who rallied in the DPR/MPR not to vote for DPR candidates in the 2029 election who did not meet the demands of the people 17+8.

"2029 doesn't have to 'vote-in' them at all," said Andovi in front of hundreds of demonstrators protesting at the DPR/MPR Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday.

Andovi reminded the masses that today, Friday, September 5, 2025, is a deadline for the government to meet the 17+8 demands raised in demonstrations in recent days.

The 17+8 claim is divided into two parts. The first are 17 demands that are requested to be met in the short term, which is no later than September 5, 2025.

Meanwhile, the other eight demands must be met within at least one year or no later than August 31, 2026.

In an urgent action to fulfill the 17+8 demand, Andovi reminded the masses that the greatest strength of the Indonesian people is their respective voices.

For this reason, if the DPR and elements of the state fail to comply with these demands, Andovi invites the Indonesian people not to elect members who currently sit in the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government in the General Election in 2029.

"The smallest action I can take is to remember these names. Dangue will never 'vote-in' them again," he said.

According to Andovi, the invitation was part of the sanctions for those who did not try to meet the demands of the people.

For this reason, he urged DPR members to take advantage of the next four years as a moment to prove themselves by fulfilling these demands.

Andovi said the 17+8 demand was a live document and would continue to grow. For this reason, he urged the public to continue to oversee these demands to be fulfilled immediately.

In the demands of the people 17+8, demonstrators urged the President to withdraw the TNI from civil security, ensure that there is no criminalization of demonstrators and urge the establishment of an Independent Investigation Team in the case of Affan Kurniawan and all victims of violence by the authorities during the August 28-30 demonstration 2025 with a clear and transparent mandate.

The claim also urges the DPR to freeze salaries / allowances for members of the DPR and cancel new facilities (including retirees), publicize budget transparency and encourage the DPR's Honorary Board (BK) to examine problematic members, including investigating through the KPK.

In addition to the President and the DPR, short-term demands also urge political party heads to fire or impose strict sanctions on DPR cadres who are unethical and trigger public anger, announce party commitments to side with the people in the midst of a crisis and involve cadres in a public dialogue space with students and civil society.

To the Indonesian Police, the public also urged the release of all detained demonstrators, the cessation of acts of police violence, compliance with the SOP for crowd control that is already available and transparently arresting and processing the law of members and commanders who commit and order acts of violence and violate human rights.

For the TNI, the demands also urge them to immediately return to the barracks, stop involvement in civilian security, uphold internal discipline so that TNI members do not take over the functions of the Police and fulfill their commitment not to enter civilian space during the democratic crisis.

Meanwhile, demands for ministries in the economic sector are urging certainty of decent wages for all workforces throughout Indonesia, taking emergency steps to prevent mass layoffs and protection of contract workers and opening dialogue with labor unions for minimum wage and outsourced solutions.

Meanwhile, eight long-term demands include massive cleaning and reform of the DPR, reform of political parties and strengthening executive supervision, drafting a more just tax reform plan, ratifying the Corruptor Asset Confiscation Bill as well as reforming leadership and systems in the Police so that they are professional and humanist.

Next is the withdrawal of the TNI to the barracks without exception, strengthening Komnas HAM and supervisors of independent institutions as well as reviewing economic and labor sector policies.