Indonesia’s Opposition Party Rallies Against Fuel Price Increase
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About 600 members of Indonesia’s biggest opposition party protested in Jakarta today against a government plan to raise subsidized fuel prices.
Supporters and officials of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, gathered in Central Jakarta and urged the public to reject the proposed fuel policy. PDI-P, led by former President Megawati Soekarnoputri, lost a parliament vote on June 17 to block approval of the revised 2013 state budget, which paves the way to raise prices of subsidized fuel.