Jakarta, 10 November (Heroes' Day): police recorded 74 demonstrations, mainly student groups and part-time government workers at the DPR/MPR building, Monas and Bundaran HI — daytime reports describe traffic flowing and no incidents as of 16:48 WIB, and how the day ended is not yet reported

On Tuesday 10 November 2026, Heroes' Day, demonstrations took place in Jakarta. Polda Metro Jaya had notified the public the day before, and Beritasatu reports that police recorded 74 demonstrations in Jakarta and the surrounding area with an estimated 2,500 to 2,700 participants in total. The main action was at the DPR/MPR building on Jalan Gatot Subroto, with others at Silang Selatan Monas, Tugu Tani, Bundaran HI and the General Sudirman statue. Dozens of part-time government contract workers (PPPK) were there by about 10:30 WIB, and students including PMII Jakarta arrived at about 14:30 WIB. Reports we read describe traffic as flowing with only brief spill-over onto the road, and Beritasatu (16:48 WIB) reports no incident, while police were on standby. We found no report on how the day ended, and no police statement of dispersal, injuries or arrests. This entry describes the position up to 16:48 WIB on 10 November.

Timeline

1. Mon 9 Nov, 19:11 WIB

   Kompas.com reports that Polda Metro Jaya says demonstrations will take place in Jakarta the next day, Heroes' Day. Its public-relations head, Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto, says Polda Metro Jaya, the TNI, the Jakarta provincial government and Pamdal held a tactical floor game on 9 November to agree how to secure them, and asks participants to be tolerant. BEM PTMA's national coordinator, Asrul Haruna, says it will bring five demands to an action called 'Pulihkan Indonesia' at Tugu Tani at 13:00 WIB. Police are preparing traffic engineering and give no numbers.

2. Tue 10 Nov, 05:45

   CNBC Indonesia reports (no time zone stated) that police expect a demonstration from about 10:00 WIB centred on the DPR/MPR complex. TMC Polda Metro Jaya advises people to avoid the area and use other routes, with situational traffic engineering at first on Jalan Gatot Subroto in front of the complex. The corridors listed as likely to jam are Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jalan Sudirman, Bendungan Hilir to Pejompongan and Jalan Gerbang Pemuda to Jalan Gelora; no closures are listed.

3. Tue 10 Nov, 09:15 WIB

   Afu.id, citing preliminary information, expects 2,720 people from 36 groups: 1,575 from 11 student and civil-society groups at the DPR/MPR building from 10:00 WIB; 660 from 19 groups at Silang Selatan Monas; 300 to 500 from BEM PTMA at Tugu Tani at about 12:00 to 13:00 WIB; about 50 from BEM IKJ at Bundaran HI; Front Mahasiswa Jayakarta at the General Sudirman statue at 13:00 WIB; and FMN UI at Tugu Makara in Depok at 15:00 WIB. Similar actions are said to be planned in Yogyakarta, Medan, Purwokerto and Makassar. The general demands are given as the status of part-time PPPK government workers, an evaluation of two years of the Prabowo government and the impeachment of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka; each group has its own further issues.

4. Tue 10 Nov, about 10:30 to 11:21 WIB

   Okezone reports that dozens from the Aliansi PPPK Paruh Waktu Teknis Indonesia (ATPI) demonstrate in front of the DPR building; traffic stays smooth and police have not closed any road because the crowd has not grown.

5. Tue 10 Nov, about 14:30 to 16:48 WIB

   Beritasatu (16:48 WIB) reports students from several organisations, including PMII Jakarta under a banner reading 'Evaluasi Pemerintahan', in front of the DPR/MPR building from about 14:30 WIB, still there at 16:30 WIB. Speakers take turns from a command vehicle, police stand by, and traffic is described as flowing, with some protesters stepping into the roadway briefly. The report records no incident and gives Polda Metro Jaya's figure of 74 demonstrations with an estimated 2,500 to 2,700 participants in total.

Key points

• Status: the reports we read stop at 16:48 WIB on 10 November, with the action at the DPR/MPR building still going on. We found no report of how it ended, and no police statement of dispersal, injuries or arrests.
• Numbers differ and are not reconciled: Beritasatu gives Polda Metro Jaya's count of 74 demonstrations with an estimated 2,500 to 2,700 participants in total, while Afu.id's preliminary information expects 2,720 people from 36 groups. Both are expectations or estimates, not counts of who actually came.
• Demands as reported: the status of part-time PPPK government workers, an evaluation of two years of the Prabowo government and the impeachment of Vice President Gibran (Afu.id, preliminary information); BEM PTMA brings five demands, listed by Afu.id as recovery from the environmental crisis, ending corruption, education and health rights, and law enforcement without discrimination and in the public interest.
• Relation to 28 October: this is a smaller and, in the reports we read, calmer day than the 28 October action at Bundaran HI (see our entry on that day). We found no reported tear gas, water cannon or arrests on 10 November.
• Embassies: a U.S. Embassy demonstration alert for 10 November exists (we saw its title in search results and could not read the page). We did not find a Japanese Embassy demonstration notice for 10 November; the Embassy's site cannot be read by automated fetch, so this means 'not found', not 'none issued'.
• Context for the impeachment demand: on the same day, 10 November, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said that Vice President Gibran had told President Prabowo that he intends to resign after a Supreme Court ruling on his school-equivalency certificate, and DPR members were collecting signatures for a right of inquiry on him. See our entry on that.

Sources

• Beritasatu — Mahasiswa Gelar Demo di Depan DPR, Lalu Lintas Terpantau Lancar (16:48 WIB, 10 November 2026; Polda Metro Jaya count of 74 demonstrations)
• Afu.id — Demo 10 November 2026 Kepung Jakarta, 2.720 Orang Siap Turun ke Jalan: Ini Titik Aksi dan Tuntutannya (09:15 WIB, 10 November 2026; preliminary information)
• CNBC Indonesia — Jakarta Siaga Demo Hari Ini, Cek Titik Macet-Lokasi Parkir Alternatif (05:45, 10 November 2026; TMC Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto)
• Kompas.com — Besok Ada Demo di Jakarta Saat Hari Pahlawan, Polisi Siapkan Pengamanan dan Rekayasa Lalin (19:11 WIB, 9 November 2026)
• Okezone — Ada Aksi Demo, Jalanan Kawasan Gedung DPR RI Terpantau Lancar (10 November 2026; ATPI part-time PPPK at the DPR building)
• U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia — Demonstration Alert: November 10, 2026 Demonstrations in Jakarta (title seen in search results; the page could not be read by automated fetch)