Jakarta – Around 100 people protested in Jakarta on Friday calling for top economics minister Ginandjar Kartasasmita to resign over Indonesia's economic crisis.

A group calling themselves Economic Solidarity with the Indonesian People gathered in the afternoon outside the National Planning Board building, where Ginandjar has his office.

"We demand Ginandjar Kartasasmita as a gentleman resign as economics minister because he has failed to resolve the economic crisis of the Indonesian people," the protesters said in a statement.

They also called for an end to corruption and accused Ginandjar of siding with bankers to the detriment of the public.

The government announced last week that it would liquidate 38 banks with the loss of some 17,000 jobs. The protesters dispersed peacefully.

In Sumatra's main city Medan, around 50 customers of one of the closed firms, Bank Umum Servitia, threw stones at the windows of a branch after it failed to open on Friday, witnesses said.

Security forces soon brought the situation under control and the people dispersed peacefully. Indonesia's worst economic crisis in 30 years has thrown millions out of work.

Around 50 women from different ethnic groups across Indonesia also held a protest in Jakarta on Friday over violence against women, witnesses said.