Jakarta – Some 150 Indonesian students took to the streets of Jakarta Monday, calling on the newly-elected national assembly, now in its first session, to implement reforms.

The protesters, from the Network of Indonesian Students, gathered at a busy roundabout in Central Jakarta in front of a posh hotel were most members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) are staying.

They chanted anti-military slogans and brandished signs demanding that former president Suharto be brought to justice. "The voice of the people is the voice of God, going against the will of the people is going against the will of God," read a large banner.

The students' demands for reform have centered around the scrapping of the much-criticized military role in politics and the trial of Suharto, who is accused of having amassed a fortune during his 32 years of authoritarian rule. "We call on Dr. Amien Rais to implement sweeping reform. Our hope is that he will remain consistent in pushing for reform," Muhammad Irfan, student at a computer institute in Jakarta, told AFP.

Rais, a Muslim intellectual who was in the frontlines of a reform movement that helped topple Suharto last year, was elected chairman of the MPR in a tight vote against another Muslim leader, Matori Abdul Jalil. The assembly is scheduled to elect a new president on October 20.