Megawati Says 'What Are You Doing The Demonstrations', Spokesperson Gebrak: Things Are Wrong

Demonstration at the Proclamation Monument, Wednesday, October 28 (Photo: Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Workers' Movement with the People (Gebrak) Nining Elitos believes that the statement made by PDI-P Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri who questions student demonstrations rejecting the Omnibus of the Job Creation Law as wrong.

According to him, young people should be taught to defend what is their right.

"(The statement, red) is a wrong thing. In fact, we must teach youth, must have intelligence, courage, and knowledge to maintain how our nation is not colonized, so that the Indonesian people are not colonized," said Nining to reporters in the Tugu Proklamasi area, Jakarta, Wednesday, October 28.

Moreover, this movement of students and young people should mean that they are fighting for their future, including the future of future generations.

In addition, he asked the movement of young people who reject the Omnibus Law of the Job Creation Law not to have their hegemony have other purposes.

"So it should not be diverted, it should be hegemony that today's youth are already part of other movements," he said.

Previously, during an online inauguration ceremony for his party, Megawati Soekarnoputri touched on the problem of demonstrations that have occurred frequently recently. He even questioned the role of the millennial generation or young people for the nation and state.

"Our young people, oh my, I said to the President, don't be spoiled, it is said that our generation is the millennial generation," said the 5th President of Indonesia.

"I want to ask, what is the contribution of the millennial generation today. What is your contribution to this nation and country? Really, just a demonstration," he added.

The 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia also mentioned a demonstration which ended in chaos on 8 October. It is known that during the action, a number of public facilities were damaged by groups of rioters who joined the student group's demonstrators.

According to him, this action is very unfortunate because the state budget spent to build a Transjakarta bus stop is not small.

"Masya Allah, take the trouble to burn the Transjakarta bus stop, it's your money! You don't want to be arrested, what do I do. I think it's really funny that the republic of Indonesia is now," he said.