Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says political parties have agreed to revoke a number of perks and privileges for parliamentarians in a major concession to people taking part in antigovernment protests that have killed at least five people.
Protests over what the demonstrators have criticised as excessive pay and housing allowances for parliamentarians started on Monday and expanded into riots on Thursday after one person, a motorcycle rideshare driver, was killed in a police action at a protest site.
Rioters ransacked or set ablaze the homes of some members of the political parties as well as some state installations as protests rocked major cities in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
“Leaders in parliament have conveyed that they will revoke a number of parliament policies, in