‘Dark Indonesia’: Why are thousands of students protesting across country?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/W8oaQx2 Thousands of students and activists rallied in major Indonesian cities on Friday, staging 'Dark Indonesia' protests opposing President Prabowo Subianto's policies including the US$19B of spending cuts that students say undermine their support systems. Prabowo's office has said the funding changes would not affect the education sector and teacher welfare but with ministries cutting back a wide range of spending there are concerns that it could disrupt government services. The demonstrations were the biggest since last August before Prabowo took office when the parliament shelved plans to revise election laws after thousands of protesters took to the streets, setting fires and facing down tear gas and water cannon. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #indonesia #democracy #studentprotest