News From LMND

The National Liberation Party and its organization initiated The Party will have been organizing three months action to demand the Nationalization of mining and oil industries. Nationalization of mining and oil industries is our main program to overcome the country’s crisis. Following are the student’s protest in Exxon office in Jakarta. The other simultaneous action to voice our demand have been staging in several city.

On Monday February 25, 2008 about 100 students from LMND North Maluku, together with several other organizations (GAMHAS Ternate, LISMI Ternate, and University Hairun), carried out a street demonstration in the heart of the Ternate City. The action lasted four hours and its route went pass the offices of the Governor the North Moluccas, Provincial Legislative Council North Moluccas, and the offices Radio Republic of Indonesia. Apart from demanding the nationalization of foreign mining (such as P.T. Nusa Halmahera Minerals) to pay for free education, the students demanded the rejection of the Legal institution of education Bill, now before parliament; the revision of law of the System of National education 2003; higher prices for local products such as cloves, nutmeg, chocolate, and copra; higher workers' pay; lower fuel and oil prices; along with subsidies for poor fisher folk.

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PAPEERNAS is also organized a protest of 300 students and poor farmers around the “Nationalize the foreign mining companies” in Maubere, Flores, on February 25. PAPERNAS and its affiliates will be mobilizing around this demand right through March 2008.

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Papernas South Sulawesi Province demand nationalization of foreign mining.

On February 29, Papernas South Sulawesi Province carried out an action around the demand of the "Nationalization of foreign mining is a road out of the energy crisis and the domestic industry".

The action that was held in the centre of the Palu City (the Hasanuddin Roundabout) with drew about 40 people and also focused on the Phenomenon of the blackouts and the scarcity of fuel oil in the Palu City.

Papernas South Sulawesi considered that the two crises were a result of the government’s lack of seriousness in constructing the national industry.

Apart from being filled up by political speeches from various supporting mass organizations of Papernas, the action was livened up by the appearance happening art from students from the Palu City LMND.

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LMND Labuhan Batu regent demands the nationalization of foreign-owned mines

Around 25 students from the National Students League for Democracy

(LMND) Labuhan Batu, North Sumatera again took to the streets on March 3 and marched to the Regional Legislative Council

They took to the streets to express the demand for the nationalization of the foreign mining industry to pay for free education and the resolution of problems of the campus in Labuhan Batu.

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