A group of students calling themselves the UNY Student Alliance (AMU) held a peaceful demonstration to declare a neutral stance against practical politics on campus. The peaceful demonstration started by walking from the Student Center to the UNY's rectorate. The action was held at the entrance to Boulevard UNY, Wednesday, July 2 2014. This peaceful demonstration also emphasised that UNY did not take sides with one of the two presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

According to the auction coordinator, Muhammad Bramastyo said that the action was motivated by an incident a few days ago were several friends of UNY students participated in a campaign to support one of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates by wearing the UNY uniform.

"This raises the issue that UNY is no longer neutral," said Bramastyo. "In fact, with this incident, many UNY students were disturbed and wanted the name of the educational institution not to be dragged into practical politics." He emphasized that neither AMU nor UNY as educational institutions forbids each student's participation in politics, only that they did not need to carry the institution's name. For this reason, AMU urges the Rector of UNY to take firm action against students who act on behalf of UNY in the campaign action.

Vice-rector 3 of UNY, Prof. Dr Sumaryanto, stated that students are part of Indonesian society who have rights as citizens, including expressing opinions. Nevertheless, they should be able to distinguish between personal opinions and opinions representing institutions or organizations.

"The campus provides many positive activities for students," said Prof. Dr Sumaryanto. "It is hoped that it can accommodate the aspirations of students and provide inspiration for the government and society." The chairman of BEM UNY, Tommy Safarsyah, said that his party was not involved in action claiming support for one of the presidential candidates. "This support does not represent BEM and students," he said. (dedy).

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