Jakarta – In an effort to push the reform agenda, at least 2,000 students staged a protest by joining hands to create a human chain, linking the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) complex to Hotel Mulia Senayan, where legislators are staying during the ten-day Annual Session.

The protesting students were grouped under student executive boards (BEM) from various universities in the Greater Jakarta area. They urged MPR members to facilitate the amendment of the 1945 Constitution, Antara reported on Friday.

They also brought an effigy of Amin Aryoso, a legislator with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), who was gathering support to block the constitutional amendment. "We will hang this effigy," said another student.

Students grouped under BEM have staged several protests during the MPR session. They deplored the legislators' failure to put an end to the rampant corruption, collusion and nepotism practices in the reform era.