Bagus Kurniawan/Hendra & HY, Jakarta – Around 60 students under the Student and Youth Alliances of Yogyakarta (APMY) staged a demonstration at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Roundabout. They demanded the disbandment of Golkar party and the revocation of the dual function of the Indonesian Military. They also called for bringing the former dictator president Suharto to court again.

The demonstration began around 9.30am local time, Friday. They gathered at the faculty of social and political studies of UGM and then rallied, circulating the campus and ending at the UGM Roundabout. At 10.20 local time, the student orations could still be heard.

APMY itself consists of the students of the Veteran National Development University (UPN), the Indonesian University of Islam (UII), UGM, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic Institute and Sanata Darma University.

In his oration, Dana as the coordinator of the action, demanded the TNI's dual function be revoked. Students also demand the elimination of the extra territorial institutions such Military Sub-district Command (Komando Rayon Militer-Koramil), District military command (Kodim), Military command post (Korem) and Military Area Command, provincial (Kodam).

They also called for former president Suharto to be taken to court again and for his assets to be nationalised. Besides the staging of the oration, the AMPY also brought flower arrangements, reading "Commemorating the Death of Total Reform." They also brought several posters some of which read "Golkar and Military: the Masterminds of Chaos." "Social-Political Directorate the Civilian Right Arm of the Military."