"...An annual commemoration of the Malari Riot in Jakarta was turned into a spontaneous anti-war protests led by the National Student Front, 50 were arrested and two protesters injured. Meanwhile in Nusantara, up to 3.000 anti-war demonstrators under People's Peace Coalition led by students, several local Dayaknese indigenous activists along with a veteran group called "Indonesian Veterans against the Wars" (Purnawirawan dan Veteran RI Menentang Perang) consists of former armed forces and police service personnel from counter insurgency operations in Papua, UN Peacekeeping Operations, the Civil War, and the current Middle East War, marched along the capital into the Ministry of Defense building for the same objective, when they are facing a combined force of Nusantara Metropolitan Police and military police in front of the gates of the MoD building. Speeches from the representatives of the demonstrators went peaceful until 13.00 local time when provocateurs sparked a scuffle between the demonstrators and police. As security forces pushed the demonstrators back from the building an attempt to burn tires in front of the Ministry's gate were foiled in the process. In the end, 90 people were arrested and up to five demonstrators and two police officers were injured..."

"On January 16th an unrelated demonstration were organized by another group of Civil War veterans in front of the Ministry of Veteran Affairs 200 meters from the Ministry of Defense, mostly voicing issues about their rights and benefits, which went on with no violence occurred."

Regional Representative (Senator) Fauzi Rahmat (PDI-P; East Java), chairman of the Third Committee of the Regional Representative Council, covering education, religion, tourism, and social welfare had called both the Minister of Veteran Affairs and Minister for Education, Culture, Science, and Technology to present a joint progress report of the ongoing effort to counter predatory for-profit colleges (diploma mills) targeting Civil War and earlier former service personnel of the Armed Forces and law enforcement forces under the Readjustment Act (Indonesia's G.I. Bill).

According to the joint report, from up to 450 institutions of higher and technical educations identified as "involved in irregular and questionable practices" along with non-active ones, only 120 of them have been closed and it's managements prosecuted, with some involved were sent to penal military and labour units in lieu of imprisonment, but the government stressed crackdowns will continue.

In a special address to the Parliament, President Latuperissa stated that "in a good many instances our veterans in both Armed Forces and law enforcement have been trained for occupations for which they are not suited or for occupations in which they will be difficult or unable to find jobs when they finish their service for our Nation. Every time an effort of education does not contribute in a substantial way to the readjustment of a veteran into civilian lives it means a failure, a failure that is costly to the veteran, to his family, and to the Nation." He continued " All Indonesians must always be vigilant and do their part to ensure that every course under the Readjustment Act will provide a good quality training and in return help our veteran to complete their occupational readjustment and find satisfactory employment or starting businesses, which in return will increase employment opportunities of the people of Indonesia."

President Latuperissa had arrived in Athens International Airport, Athens, Greece to attend the United Nations Coordination Conference between PPDU, NATO, and Vladivostok Pact member states in Athens, Greece, from 22nd to 28th January. All main government leaders of the PPDU, NATO, and Vladivostok Pact states attended the conference. During the stay in Athens the leaders were expected to discuss following main issues; the next offensive plan on the remaining territories occupied by the UCC and existing counter-insurgency operation in liberated territories; it's unconditional surrender and de-radicalization for both the central government and its constituent member; formation of an international cyber defense coordinating agency in mutual support against increasing cyber attack and espionage by the Caliphate and other 'extremist groups' detrimental to the war effort; refugee relief, restoration of governance in Iran, continuation of European reconstruction, and plan for the new Middle East order."

"Other issues in the conference were reparations from the defeated UCC and it's planned successor states along with trial of war criminals. In between the war-related meetings, the President also conduct bilateral cooperation discussions with several notable leaders such as President of the United States Joseph Ballantine; President of Korea Kwang-jung Han; Prime Minister of Australia Katherine Simpson; President of Russia Ivan Serdyukov; Prime Minister of Canada David Mason; Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Filip Keuning; Prime Minister of Japan Mariya Kirisaki, State Councillor of China Li Menghua, and Prime Minister of India Mahava Viswan."

During and after the summit Greek security forces and NATO announced that they've exposed and foiled up to 50 plots against the summit or the leaders with 35 are cyber in nature along with 200 arrests. Furthermore, thanks to the country's proximity with UCC member state Turkey, Athens was practically locked down during the summit with no fly zones being imposed over portions of the city, especially as the country was still under state of emergency, citing recovery from UCC occupation of Central Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia -Thrace, liberated by NATO almost a year ago. Nevertheless up to seven attempts of protests by extreme left groups were recorded with up to 225 people were arrested.

On the other hand in Thessaloniki a week prior, thousands of social activists all over the world held an underground three-day "People's Summit for a New World" organized by 'Coalition of Alternatives', tackling questions such as feminism in a changing world order, immigration, environment, an alternative to capitalism, multipolar and multi-civilizational world order, terrorism and religion as well as solution for the Middle East problems.

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Following the example of Jabodetabek (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi Metropolitan Area), Palembang, Medan, and Nusantara, four major cities of Indonesia; Balikpapan, Surabaya, Manado, and Jayapura reinstated youth curfew ordinances in various public places; in order to tackle rising anti-social behaviors with children under 18 were prohibited from being on the street after 10 pm to 4 am during the week and after midnight to 4 am on weekends. Notable other parts include children under 18 must have authorization from parents to go to a concert, and can only stay in the cinema until midnight.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs support the reactivation.

"Previous' administrations support to curfew laws along with the large scale education and other youth policy reform had proven to be effective in reducing juvenile delinquency nationwide and in the process also help families in educating their children better."

Meanwhile human rights organization had shown their concern.

"Reactivation of youth curfew law, even with our current situation (at war), could cause unnecessary burden to the law enforcement but also incentivize self-appointed morality squads, that could facilitate the resurgence of fanatical beliefs that was responsible for the Civil War." said Indonesian Civil Liberty Alliance (AKSI) head Hadi Wirianata, while the head of Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Nina Nasution warned that such reactivation could encourage abuse of already broad power of the police and national guard to stop and search citizens deemed suspicious."

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Local authorities evacuated Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, after a passenger claimed that there are four bombs planted inside the waiting room in the international departure section of the airport. After almost one hour search airport security didn't found any bombs. The passenger with the initial BP was immediately arrested by the airport police and arraigned into custody. Meanwhile the Ministry of Transportation Civil Service Investigation Directorate announced that the suspect will be charged with Article 437 of the No. 1 Law about Civil Aviation, with up to two years in prison sentence considering wartime circumstances.

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Far-left groups are suspected to have been behind a fire at a Medan electrical hub in Belawan district, causing hours of delays in loading and unloading activities in the main port of Belawan. Investigators found evidence that three fires were started using flammable liquids. At the same date as the fire Medan Metro announced that it had detected and foiled an attempted hacking on it's signalling system, however the purging process caused delays and cancellations, affecting five hundred thousand commuters across Mebidang Metropolitan Area (Medan, Binjai, Deli Serdang).

The date of the attack, March 11th, lines up with the date in which Soekarno signed up the still-controversial Order of the 11th March (Supersemar) in which he transferred power to Soeharto, and widely accepted as the start date of the New Order regime. Furthermore it also lines up with the date of the judgement in a bombing case from 2037 in which far-left groups planted an IED inside the Republican Party office in Tarutung, Tapanuli Province.

The resulting blast ended up injuring a police officer, Sub-Inspector 2nd Class Tinton Lumbanraja who lost a hand in the process of defusing the bomb. Twenty far-left extremists were convicted of terrorism and sentenced between ten to twenty year in prison.

Head of Medan City Prosecutor Office, Nazim Ahmad said today that the perpetrators were "terrorists" and that it was an "act of sabotage" in the context of the war in the Middle East. Meanwhile Minister of Internal Affairs Tito Hamid commented on the case saying. "We will ensure they either got what they deserve behind bars.. or a firing squad, given that they have ruined the day for many Indonesians."

Tito added that the police would look to see if there were any links between the case and the "Gerakan Rakyat Merdeka" movement, which responsible for attacks on security forces in recent months as well as engaged in various infrastructure sabotage including cyberattacks and firebombing on urban community gardens in major cities such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Makassar, and Balikpapan.

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The Third War Bond drive has been declared as a success by the Ministry of Finance with 100 billion Rupiahs (35 billion USD) have been raised, exceeding it's target of 75 billion Rupiahs (25,35 billion USD), with business sector contributed 59% of the earnings, while the rest were individuals either inside or outside Indonesia. The government had announced that the next bond drive will be held this September. In the meantime, sales of peace bonds were also increased, especially by the increasingly militant drive of civil rights and environmental organizations in order to fund benefits for returning veterans from the war or any works of public importance outside the war effort.

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In what to become one of the worst military disasters in Indonesia outside combat zone, an Air Force C-130J from the 37th Squadron (Reserve) based in Ignatius Dewanto Air Base, Karawang, with registration number AT (Tactical Transport) -1387 collided with a civilian Cessna 172 registered PK-IKD 90 miles north off the Gulf of Jakarta. National Search and Rescue Agency had confirmed that there were no survivors from both the 11 occupants of the Hercules and 4 in the Cessna.

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Because of wartime situation, all war-related industries including food production are to remain operational. Nevertheless, police and National Guard presence were increased in important points in major cities nationwide as preventative measure against agitations from anarchist groups and radical left-leaning unions, with 150 confirmed arrests of suspected provocateurs in the following cities; Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Surabaya, Pontianak, Yogyakarta, Balikpapan, Batam, and Makassar.

"Today, all Indonesians from all walk of life must salute it's dedicated labor force for it's victories so far in outproducing the Caliphate in tanks, pansers (sic; AFV), guns, planes, drones, electronic equipments (radars, sensors, etc.), ships, and all weapons we need to win the war and restore order in the Middle East; in supplying millions of our men and women in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Police, and Coast Guard; in supporting homeland security through salvage, conservation, recycling, neighborhood watch, and other home front activities, and participating in war bond drives." stated the chairman of All-Indonesia Worker's Union (SPSI), Karim Sudrajat.

Several band concerts from various labor unions and communities held simultaneously in major cities were credited in the spike of war bond purchases, with 15 million rupiah worth of subscriptions were recorded through the week after the Labor Day.

In a separate place, Minister of Defense Binsar Simanjuntak praised Indonesian military production complexes for exceeding production targets across all sectors since the beginning of the year.

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President Latuperissa in his Pancasila (literally five principles) Day address called all the nation's stakeholders to reinforce the spirit of unity, cooperation, respect, and excellence at the same time.

"As millions of our sons and daughters are continuing their overseas duty which had liberated some of our "negara-negara sahabat" (sic - Friendly neighboring countries) like India, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Iran from tyranny under the name of religion, it's important that both inside and outside Indonesia Pancasila always present in every part of our lives." quipped the President on his speech at the said Pancasila Day commemoration ceremony held in Unity Building, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nusantara.

He also emphasize the uniqueness of the Indonesian civilization. "We are no longer third world country and will no more playing their cards to curry favor or pressuring the world community. Today we must strive to be an example. We are our own civilization not an Islamic one."

According to the President, even with the developed state of Indonesian society, thanks to the change of demographics it remained vulnerable to social shocks and inter-communal conflicts. "As our nation witness a great change of it's existence we should remember that Pancasila is the key to keep our nation, with diverse race, beliefs, and culture, united and strong." On the other hand, he also stressed it's resiliency in facing global changes. "Pancasila has survived various hostile ideologies that seeking to dominate our nation even in the time of great distress, and it should remain such. As long as Indonesia exists, Pancasila will remain inside every Indonesian. However, unlike some, it is an unexportable ideology, but can be lived on with by other nations under many forms or another."

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In anticipating and combating peat wildfires in Sumatera and Kalimantan this dry season, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reassured the public by intensifying patrols under the banner of Wildfire Joint Response Teams consists of firefighters from the Civilian National Service, Manggala Agni (Ministry of Forestry fire service), regency and city fire departments, National Guard and Police in vulnerable sectors.

Furthermore, the agency is set to receive it's first out of four new medium airtankers from converted Boeing 737-900ER civilian airliners to augment it's fleet of six shorter -800 based airframes. Meanwhile, Air Force Reserve Command announced that two Riau-based and two Palangkaraya-based C-130Js that had were originally intended for deployment to Iran, will instead be activated as water bombers to augment active duty Air Force CL-415/-515/-615s.."

Per January 1st, 2043, there were already 178 separate cases of wildfires with four dead and total material losses of 10 million rupiahs, and 45 arrests.

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Yet another unauthorized Islamist demonstration against the war, "repression" and for the "freedom of Palestine" in Nusantara were meet with police action with almost 350 people arrested including 30 women and young girls, in light of the announcement from the Nusantara Metropolitan Police about recent execution of 20 supporters of the banned Hizb'ut Tahrir Indonesia, with nine of them are school teachers across the country, which were specifically brought to the capital for their execution by firing squad.

Local Dayaknese indigenous leaders, many with families formerly or currently served in the Armed Forces warned that they cannot guarantee the safety of the activists, many of them were from outside Kalimantan, and deemed them as "neo-FPI" (banned Islamic Defenders Front) and had shown their support to the effort of the security forces to contain the remnants of the Islamists in order to prevent the repeat of the Civil War.

The demonstration occurred just a week after two separate stone-pelting protests in Jayapura, Papua, by a youth group called themselves Papuan Solidarity Committee.

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An Air Force C-133 Hercules II aircraft had landed in Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base carrying seven remains of Army service personnel from the 516th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Caraka Yudha" assigned to 55th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 5th Infantry Division "Brawijaya" killed in the line of duty defending the city of Kermanshah, Iran, from Revolutionary Army of Iran incursion to the city two weeks ago for autopsy in the Jakarta Army Central Hospital Gatot Soebroto.

The remains were received by soldiers from the Jakarta Garrison in a solemn ceremony and tears from the families of the fallen service personnel, with two fainted. As the remains were brought into the Army Central Hospital, thousands of Jakartans lined the street and waved the Red and White to pay their respects. Among the fallen was national men badminton player Staff Sergeant Calvin Nursalim, ranked 7th on the BWF World Ranking Table, enlisted in the Army two months after the war started and graduated as a Second Sergeant...

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