2025 Pati demonstrations

2025 Pati demonstrations
2025 Pati demonstrations
"Revolusi Dimulai dari Pati"; ; Part of the 2025 Indonesian protests
	Defaced banner of Sudewo with the text: "Arrogant Thug, Deceiver of the People."
Date	10‒13 August 2025
Location	Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
Caused by	Proposed 250% increase in land and building tax (PBB-P2); Unpopular policies of Regent Sudewo;
Goals	Cancellation of PBB-P2 tax hike; Resignation of Regent Sudewo; Rejection of five-day school policy; Halt to Alun-Alun renovation and mosque demolition; Cancellation of jumbotron project; Rehiring of dismissed hospital staff;
Methods	Demonstrations, riots
Status	Protest dispersed; tax hike cancelled; DPRD Pati launched right to inquiry against the regent
Parties
United Pati Society Alliance	Pati Regency Government; Indonesian National Police; Indonesian Army; Municipal Police
Lead figures
	Local protest leaders ; Supriyono "Zoro" ; Ahmad "Luffy" Hussein Government; Regent Sudewo; Police Chief Kombes Jaka Wahyudi; Lt. Col. Timotius Berlian Yogi Ananto
Number
85,000‒100,000	2,684 security personnel
Casualties and losses
64 injured, 22 detained	12 injured

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The 2025 Pati demonstrations were a series of mass protests first held on 10 August 2025 in Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, against Regent Sudewo's leadership. Initially triggered by public anger over a proposed 250% increase in the rural and urban land and building tax (Indonesian: Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan Perdesaan dan Perkotaan, PBB-P2), the protest escalated into broader demands for Sudewo's resignation and the reversal of other unpopular local policies. The demonstration drew over 100,000 people, marking the demonstration as the largest in the regency's history.

Organized by the United Pati Society Alliance (Aliansi Masyarakat Pati Bersatu), the rally drew tens of thousands of participants to Pati's Alun-Alun (town square) and the Pendopo Kabupaten Pati. The protest turned violent when the regent refused to meet the crowd, leading to clashes in which police deployed water cannons and tear gas, and protesters burned a police vehicle. In response, the Pati Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD Pati) unanimously invoked its hak angket (right of inquiry) to investigate the regent's conduct, marking the beginning of a potential local impeachment process.