Esther Permatasari, Jakarta – Around 2000 students from the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) and 5000 workers under the banner of the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNPBI) are presently preparing to pack out the national parliament building.

The chairperson of LMND, Muhammad Sofyan, said that around 2000 students going to the parliament would be coming from three points, Salemba, Slipi and Lenteng Agung.

"Our demands are that the fuel price increases not just be delayed but canceled. Aside from that, education subsidies should also not be abolished but increased", said Sofyan at the parliament building on Jl. Gatot Soebroto, South Jakarta on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the president of FNPBI, Dita Sari, said that today they had mobilised around 5000 workers to fulfill their demands, asking that the government cancel the fuel price increases not delay them.

LMND and FNPBI both also said that on Sunday, tomorrow, they will hold a "long march" to the presidential palace. And this evening they planned to sleep over in the parliament building.

LMND has already raised a flag at the parliament building on which is written "IMF neo-imperialism is the source of the disaster, go to hell".

Translated by James Balowski.]