Armed Indonesian military troops march at the National Monument complex as they prepare for deployment amid the widespread anti-government protests and rioting over issues such as extra pay for parliamentarians and housing allowances led by student groups that resulted in riots in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 31, 2025. -Reuters
JAKARTA: Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers' benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday (Aug 31), in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country's worst violence in decades.
Protests began last Monday over what demonstrators called excessive pay and housing allowances for parliamentarians, escalating into riots on Friday after a motorcycle rideshare driver was killed during police action at a protest site.
