Politic & Social

Regional administrations have expressed their readiness to implement Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 1/2025 on spending efficiency of the State Budget (APBN) and the Regional Budget (APBD) for the 2025 Fiscal Year, which was approved by President Prabowo Subianto following a Plenary Cabinet Session on January 22,2025. Secretary of Jambi Provincial Administration, Sudirman, said that budget efficiency implementation refers to Presidential Instruction No. 1/2025 and Home Affairs Minister Regulation No. 14/2025.  He cited that one of the measures taken … Read more

Indonesian Navy personnel, along with officials of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) and related agencies, continued to dismantle the illegal 30-kilometer sea fence off Tangerang waters, Banten province on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. This operation is a follow-up to the same action that began on Saturday, January 18, 2025, with the aim of overcoming the difficulties of fishermen in going fishingdue to obstructed access to the sea.  In … Read more

Economists have criticized President Prabowo Subianto for using personal funds to finance the free nutritious meal program, which has the potential to be non-transparent and create a conflict of interest. Nuri Ikawati, Public Policy Researcher from the Institute for Demographic and Affluence Studies (Ideas), cited that Prabowo had previously used his personal funds for various … Read more

President Prabowo Subianto asks his Cabinet ministers to stick to the budget allocated by the government and should not ask for additional budgets to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. “We will see how it develops. Don’t keep bothering the Minister of Finance, because the Minister of Finance is responsible to me,” Prabowo said while addressing … Read more