Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto looks on before he delivers his annual State of the Nation Address, ahead of the country’s Independence Day, in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 15, 2025. Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool/Reuters
JAKARTA—Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers’ benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, 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 on 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.
