The National Executive of the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) has officially released the Struggle Direction Manifesto document titled "Politics of Redistribution for People's Welfare". The launch event, which took place at the Theater Building of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) in Jakarta on Monday (27/7/2026), coincided with the commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the student organization. This manifesto serves as an affirmation of LMND's political stance in criticizing the socio-economic inequality gap and the dominance of oligarchs in the country.
This student movement assesses that Indonesia's fundamental problem today is not a scarcity of resources, but rather the unequal distribution of wealth. Despite relatively stable economic growth over the past decade, the results are deemed to have not optimally reached the lowest segments of society. On the contrary, the hard work of productive groups such as laborers, farmers, fishermen, and indigenous peoples is suspected of flowing heavily into the circles of the elite capital owners who hold significant influence over state policies.
The General Chairperson of LMND, Yoga Aldo Novensi, underlined that the democratic transition since the Reformasi era has not yet fully addressed the aspect of economic distribution. The electoral democratic process indeed continues to run periodically, but control over land, natural resources, and access to information is still deemed to be concentrated in the hands of a very limited minority.
To address these issues, LMND offers ideas based on three main pillars: the implementation of a wealth tax, substantial agrarian (land) reform, and the provision of free education that is scientific and democratic. These three programs are designed as a unified strategic step to break the concentration of asset ownership and restore economic sovereignty to the wider public.
The proposed wealth tax scheme is not just a standard fiscal instrument, but a redistributive political measure to redirect excess capital accumulation from the elite toward funding public facilities, such as healthcare, mass transit, and public housing. Meanwhile, regarding agrarian reform, LMND urges the state not to merely distribute land certificates administratively, but to actively limit land monopolies, review problematic concessions, and protect the living space of indigenous and coastal communities.
In the education sector, the organization demands the elimination of the commercialization of tuition fees in both higher and secondary education to prevent exclusive access for only the wealthy. They also urge that educational institutions be cleansed of pragmatic market influence and feudal culture, while opening up the widest possible space for public participation in curriculum formulation and budget oversight.
Responding to the implementation of these ideas, the Secretary-General of LMND, Riski Oktara Putra, emphasized that this manifesto document must be transformed into a real movement at the grassroots level. As a concrete step post-launch, LMND plans to establish 'Posko Wujud Rakyat' (People's Manifestation Posts) in various regions as centers for movement consolidation, advocacy on social issues, and bases for mass political education to continuously voice redistributive justice.
