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March 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda In Jakarta, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the parliament, carrying banners reading, “Fuel hike will put people in misery,” and calling on the government to step down.
Police forces stepped in to prevent protesters, mainly students and labor union members, from opening an iron gate to the building.
Elsewhere in the capital, a protest turned violent when a clash broke out between police and a group of students near the presidential palace. Security forces resorted to teargas and water cannons to disperse around 500 protesters who were pelting rocks, petrol bombs and sticks at police.
Several people, including police personnel, were injured in the incident and 35 others were detained for questioning, according to police officials.
The protests in Jakarta were much smaller than the reportedly 15,000-strong turn-out the organizers had promised, but security was tight and more than 20,000 police and soldiers were deployed across the city.
Similar protests were held in other major cities, including Medan on Sumatra Island and the second largest city of Surabaya, in eastern Java.
Meanwhile, Indonesian lawmakers are discussing the government’s proposal and are to vote later in the week.
The government is seeking a rise in the subsidized fuel price by a third, from 49 cents a liter to 65 cents for private vehicles, arguing that the measure is necessary to keep the country’s budget deficit by a three percent cap of the GDP stipulated in law.
But the proposal has drawn widespread opposition from both parliament members and the public, who fear accelerating inflation in the country, where about half of the population lives on less than two dollars a day.
MRS/PKH
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