Indonesia accepts demand to cut MPs’ perks amid unrest

Indonesia accepts demand to cut MPs’ perks amid unrest

Indonesian political parties have agreed to revoke some perks and privileges for parliamentarians, President Prabowo Subianto says, in a major concession to anti-government protests that left five people dead. Protests over what demonstrators termed excessive pay and housing allowances for parliamentarians started on Monday.  They expanded into riots on Thursday after one person – a […]