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“Adian Napitupulu will mobilise even more students. It turns out that a PDIP member is the one behind the protest against the TNI Bill,” reads the Indonesian-language text overlay on a clip posted on\u00a0SnackVideo<\/a> on March 26, 2025.<\/p>\n “Freedom! Freedom! Ladies and gentlemen, all comrades in struggle, thank you for your effort and patience since this morning,” he could be heard saying.<\/p>\n The video was placed on top of an image showing protesters against the TNI (Indonesian military)<\/span> bill, which passed into law March 20.<\/p>\n It was pushed mainly by President Prabowo Subianto’s coalition and was aimed<\/a> at expanding the military’s role beyond defence (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The new legislation has sparked fears of a return to the era of late dictator Suharto, under whom Prabowo, an ex-general, once served — and which saw the military used to crack down on dissent.<\/p>\n Adian’s PDIP party initially\u00a0opposed<\/a> the bill but later supported the amendments. House Speaker Puan Maharani, daughter of party chair Megawati Sukarnoputri, officially ratified the bill (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n