Thousands of workers are set to rally in Jakarta and 38 other provinces on Thursday to demand higher wages and lower taxes, marking a second major street protest this week that signals growing discontent with President Prabowo Subianto’s administration less than a year into his term.
About 10,000 members of labor unions are expected to show up at the demonstration outside the parliament building in the capital at 10 a.m. local time, while thousands more are planning to march in major cities like Surabaya and Medan, according to Said Iqbal, president of Indonesian Labor Party. In a statement on Wednesday, he said the protests will be peaceful, but send a strong message of deepening frustration among the country’s working class.
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