Workers and women hold rival rallies in Jakarta regarding President Prabowo

The numbers

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Crowd

100s

Hundreds of workers... while hundreds of women marched¹²

The full story

In Jakarta, hundreds of workers gathered in a demonstration supporting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto amidst allegations that police illegally wiretapped him. The pro-Prabowo workers' rally was led by Labour Party chairman Said Iqbal, who called for unity and expressed readiness to mobilise members against threats to the presidency. Simultaneously, civil society groups conducted a women's march in the capital to protest against the administration's handling of long-running forest fires, a costly free-meal initiative, and a tax on sanitary products, while demanding expanded women's rights. The events unfolded against a backdrop of public discontent involving costly populist policies and a growing scandal concerning four senior police officials named as suspects in an attempted communication interception involving the president.

Timeline

1. Nov 7

   Hundreds of workers rallied in Jakarta to support President Prabowo while civil society groups staged a women's march.¹²