 The court ruled that only 5% of government jobs would now be reserved for families of veterans. The protests started last month after a high court overturned a 2018 government decision to scrap these quotas. They were led by students frustrated by job shortages, who argued that the quotas served the ruling party. The unrest spread across the country after the police and ruling party activists clashed with the protesters. Since Thursday, the government had imposed a curfew and cut off phone and internet for most citizens.