Khairul Ikhwan/HD & HY, Medan – Around 5,000 people from the Anti-Communist Front Across Indonesia (Faksi) staged a rally at Benteng field, Medan, north Sumatra, Thursday. In the rally, attended by North Sumatra governor T Rizal Nurdin, they demanded the People's Democratic Party (PRD) be dissolved because it has legalised Marxism and Leninism in Indonesia.

They started their rally at 11am local time. They packed a Benteng field located on Jl Imam Bonjol, Medan, north Sumatra. They names the rally "Student Youth and Pupil Rally" coming from 42 youth organisations (OKP) such as Communication Forum of Indonesian Veterans' Children (FKPPI), Pancasila Youth including the Al-Washilyah Students Association (Himmah).

In their rally which ran until 12.15pm, they read their declaration containing seven demands to face those groups who, whether openly or in secret, want to have Marxism and Leninism legalised in Indonesia.

They also called for people not to be affected by the communist movement, and call for the government to resolve the economic crisis, and urge the government, security offices and law enforcers to dissolve the PRD and ban the political party.

In this rally, they also brought several banners. One banner read: "Dissolve PRD and its Cronies" and "No Place for Communists in Indonesia". This rally also commemorate 35 years of Indonesia Youth and Pupils Action Union '66 (KAPPI).