Hundreds of protesters from the Student Action Front for Reform and Democracy (FAMRED), All-Indonesia Front (FIS), Peoples Action Committee for Victims of Violence (KARAT), and Student Union (IISIP) staged a demonstration in front of Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, this afternoon demanding the dissolution of both Golkar Party and parliament.

The students waved banners and posters and held orations airing their demands while chanting 'Dissolve Golkar and the House. Their action, however, did not cause any traffic congestion as they carried out such activity by the Merdeka Utara Street and made such orations on top of buses that took them there.

The student's spokesman Mario said their demands for Golkar's dissolution was because it had been used by Suharto's regime to rule the country for 32 years ad the parliament's dissolution as it had never worked for the people since its establishment two years ago.

However, the demonstration turned violent when hundreds of police officers chased protesters and the latter ran to Medan Merdeka Barat Street but one of them was fainted after being beaten by the police. Other protesters, who could not reach their buses, were also beaten.