All-Indonesian Students' Union
The All-Indonesian Students' Union is an alliance consisting of various member students' unions throughout Indonesia. It was founded on 24 December 2007 at Bogor, West Java. It has recently gained notability for participating in various student-led protests in Indonesia, including 2022 and 2025 protests.
Since 2021, the alliance has been plagued with factionalism, being divided into Rakyat Bangkit and Kerakyatan.
History
The organisation was founded after successfully designing the movement at Bogor from 21 until 24 December 2007, and it initially consisted of more than 30 member students' unions. On 23 March 2008, its representatives met in Lampung and resulted in the creation of Tugu Rakyat, which consists of 7 demands, although its contents have been substantially changed since then. On 2 March 2012, the students' union of Gadjah Mada University withdrew from the alliance following 5th national conference at Lampung University.During the national conference at Andalas University, Padang in April 2021, committee decided to limit the participants into 150 members, in order to uphold the health protocols. As a result, 132 of 168 member students' unions decided to walked out and declared motion of no confidence, viewed that the decision was made unilaterally by committees. The remaining 36 members named themselves Rakyat Bangkit, while the majority named themselves Kerakyatan. Five months later, the Kerakyatan faction attended a national work meeting at Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. This factionalism within BEM SI has led to divergence in political views. According to the coordinator of Kerakyatan faction, Wahyu Suryana, his faction prioritised discussion, scientific analysis, and study.
Several days after 2022 Indonesian student protests, BEM SI rejected the formation of Indonesian Students Party, as they believed students' movements are inherently extra-parliamentary, hence, diminishing the need to establish a political party for students. According to coordinator Kaharuddin, students' movements must be independent from political interests.
Following the conference of Kerakyatan faction on 19 July 2025, students' unions from 10 universities withdrew from their membership. Wiyu Ghaniy Allatif Yudistira, the president of students' union, quoted "the presence of officials and personal interests over discussion of the students' movement".