Banjarmasin – Activists of two student groups rallied on Monday to demand that South Kalimantan Governor Sjachriel Darham step down for incompetence.

On separate occasions, the Pro-Revolution Student Solidarity (SMPR) and the provincial chapter of the Indonesian Youth Committee (KNPI) said that Sjachriel was incapable to develop South Kalimantan during his tenure.

SMPR said in its statement that the governor had failed to complete the Barito river dredging project, and upgrade Syamsuddinoor airport to become a haj embarkation and international airport.

"Those were his promises. He once said he would resign if he could not meet his words. Now we demand him to resign because he has failed," one of the SMPR's speaker said in the protest in front of the provincial legislature.