PKB's Nadya Protests Tax on Sanitary Pads: 'Not a Luxury Item'
Nadya of the National Awakening Party (PKB) has strongly protested the consideration of a tax on sanitary pads in Indonesia. She argues that sanitary pads are a necessity, not a luxury item, and that a tax increase would burden women.
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