Indonesian raises pirate science in protest while the nation represents independence News protest

Midan, Indonesia Indonesia celebrates independence for 80 years from the Dutch colonial rule, but not everyone in a festive mood, and the extraordinary protest movement has gathered around cartoon science.

The flag, which is characterized by a skull and crossed bones that wear a straw hat, decorates homes, cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats across Indonesia.

Flag was raised by a successful Japanese anime, even under the Indonesian flag-known as Meh-Puth (red and white)-which was widely raised throughout August in the period before Independence Day on Sunday.

In the anime chain, which was adapted by Netflix in 2023, the skull and cross bone science is used by the Monkey D Luffy – which one day hopes to become the property of pirates – and is seen as a sign of hope and freedom and its retreat against tyranny.

In Indonesia, science arose as a sign of protest amid increased general frustration with the government.

“The high prices, difficulties in obtaining a job and incompetences in the government have led people to use irony and ridicule,” said Masro Dermabotra, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Irlanga in Surabaya.

Darmabutra said that the lifting of the pirate flag is a sign of “the increasing dissatisfaction in society, even with all the so -called progress that the government claimed.”

Prabowo Subianto The constitutional oath was as a new president of Indonesia in October, and he promised rapid economic growth and social change in this country with a population of approximately 286 million people.

But the largest economy in Southeast Asia and most of the densely populated democracy are stumbled.

“A symbol of my disappointment and resistance”

Indonesia has one of The highest rates of youth unemployment In Southeast Asia, with an estimated 16 percent of 44 million Indonesian people between the ages of 15 and 24 unemployed, while foreign investors get the capital out of the country and the government reduce the budget.

In a survey published by the ISEASOF ISHAK Institute in Singapore in January, about 58 percent of Indonesian youth said they were optimistic about the government’s economic plans, compared to an average of 75 percent in five other countries in the region-Tayland, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Before protesting the flag, in February, the “Indonesia” or “Dark Indonesia” momentum, where citizens use the #INDONESIAGALAP retail sign on social media to vent their frustration over the future of the country after widespread budget discounts and proposed changes in legislation that allows the army to have a greater role in the government.

The online protest was followed by the students’ demonstrations, which erupted through a number of cities.

President Prabu accused the dark Indonesia movement of support from the “corrupt” sculpted to create pessimism in the country.

“This is fabricated, paid opposite, who before?” Parabo said, according to the pace of the Indonesian news port.

The President said: “By those who want Indonesia always chaotic, Indonesia is always poor.

Uday*told a truck driver in the city of Malang in East Java, that Al -Jazeera was flying the pirate on anime on the side of his truck during the past three weeks.

He said: “Many people were flying in East Java. For me, it is a symbol of disappointment and resistance against the government.”

Uday said that he had been frustrated for a long time, but the flag has provided him with a new way to display this frustration.

Uday said that his family members have died Police launched tear gas at the Kanguruhan Stadium in Malij Java East The city on October 1, 2022, after the police claimed that it was invaded by the fans at the end of a football match.

This tear gas led to a state of panic and crushing the crowds in the closed exit gates that killed 135 people.

Three police officers and two of the match officials were prosecuted for their roles in the tragedy, one of the worst in the history of international football.

He said: “I am disappointed because there is no justice to the victims of Kanguruhan. So far, we have not received any of the compensation we promised. I am disappointed by other problems in Indonesia, including high prices.”

“Try to divide the unit”

Pirate of One Pirate drew the government’s attention with Budi Gunawan, Minister of Coordination for Political and Security Affairs, warning that the authorities will take a “fixed work” if the flag is transferred on the day of independence on Sunday.

“There will be criminal consequences for actions that violate the honor of red and white flag,” he said.

SUFMI DASCO Ahmad, the vice -President of the House of Representatives, described the pirate raising the pirate attempt to deliberately plant the opposition.

He said: “We have discovered and received inputs of security agencies that there is already an attempt to divide the unit. My attractiveness to all the children of the country is to unite such things and fight such things.”

Johannes Suleiman, a lecturer in international relations at Geradral University, told the island that government warnings are likely to be an attempt to get rid of symbolic opposition.

Suleiman said: “I think they did not know how Brabu’s reaction would be, and therefore I think it is better to show their loyalty and take the short position instead of being sorry later.”

He said that government threats “have led to amazing opposite results,” adding that she had left as if “stock laughs.”

He said: “Saying that science has the possibility of dismantling the nation too much. It is extravagant and no one takes it seriously.”

Suleiman said that the origins of the use of science in Indonesia can be tracked to truck drivers.

Suleiman said: “The truck drivers were the ones who were flying first to protest against a modern list that prevented the overweight trucks from hitting the road. If the government had just ignored, the flag would have ended on the back of the trucks and no one would take it seriously.”

He said: “But they must make a national threat, a threat to national unity and lack of respect for the national flag.”

He added that the increase in the clarity of pirate science comes at a sensitive time in Indonesia – before Independence Day – which is traditionally a moment for the government and the public to celebrate.

Ian Wilson, a lecturer in political and security studies at Murdoch University in Barth, Australia, said science showed “sensitivity to popular perceptions” in the current government.

Wilson said that the flag as a symbol of protest seems to be a more fragmented movement than modern and historical protests in Indonesia, which was a largely paid traditional by students.

“Students are a more unique group, but this is a more dispersed phenomenon across different groups and parts of the country, and it is widespread in dissatisfaction. It touches the nerve due to widespread acting,” he said.

He added: “We see this phenomenon in places such as villages and regular persons in the semi -rural areas, which are not traditional sites of the opposition in Indonesia.”

“An expression of creativity”

According to the reports of the local Indonesian media, anime pirate flags were seized in raids by the authorities in Eastern Java, while citizens who found their show were interrogated in the Rio Islands.

So far, no one has been charged, because flying on pirate science is not technically illegal.

Othman Hamid, CEO of Amnesty International in Indonesia, said the raids “a flagrant violation of the right to freedom of expression.”

“Raising anime science is not” betrayal “or” propaganda to clarify the country, “Hamid said in a statement.

He added: “The authorities, including legislators, must stop harassing people by threatening the prison technology” for not respecting the national flag “and” betrayal “if they raise the flags of one piece.

The truck driver, Ada Al -Jazeera, told that he had not seen any indications that the government’s threats had any impact on those who fly the flag and that it could still be seen prominently across the East Java – both on trucks and buildings.

“Why are I afraid of any sanctions?” Uday asked.

The president’s office denied any police involvement in the confiscation of flags or the interrogation of civilians.

For his part, Brabu – a retired army general who supervised the campaign against the student protests in 1998, which precipitated the fall of the country’s dictator Soyharto for a long time – that science was “an expression of creativity.”

Wilson at Murdoch University said the government may have been defeated by the dark protests of Indonesia, which came early in the presidency of Prabu.

“Nobody wants this at the beginning (for the presidency), as they are trying to generate optimism,” Wilson said.

“But now, to the bottom of the path, people face some serious problems in government performance,” he said.

*Adi is a pseudonym because the person who did not meet him does not want to reveal his name for personal safety reasons when criticizing the government.