A survey by the Centre of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) has found that the first year of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has failed to meet public expectations, and gave Prabowo's Red and White Cabinet a score of 3 out of 10, down from a score of 5 in its first 100 days.
Drunken Republic Cartoons
October 2025
September 2025
Indonesia
Kompas.id – September 28, 2025
The Education and Teachers Association (P2G) has criticised a circular by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that provides financial initiatives for teachers supervising President Prabowo Subianto's flagship Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in schools.
Indonesia
Kompas Newspaper – September 27, 2025
When it was launched in January, President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free nutritious meals (MBG) program was promoted as a concrete response to the country's stubbornly high stunting rates, and a key part of the governments' much touted "Golden Indonesia Vision 2045".
Indonesia
Kompas.id – September 14, 2025
A week after the massive wave of angry protests and riots erupted around the country, it has become increasingly clear that Indonesia's political elite are not taking the protesters' demands seriously and at best they may make some minor and symbolic reforms to appease public anger.
Indonesia
Tempo – September 10, 2025
The SETARA Foundation, a human rights and democracy watchdog, has raised concerns over the Indonesian Military's (TNI) Cyber Unit consulting with the police regarding alleged criminal acts by Malaka Project CEO Ferry Irwandi.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – September 7, 2025
The wave of angry and sometimes violent public protests that erupted around the country in recent weeks should have been a wake-up call for the government and lawmakers and a jarring reminder of what happens when festering discontent is ignored for too long.
August 2025
Indonesia
Kompas.id – August 31, 2025
President Prabowo Subianto bestowed civilian honours and awards upon more than 140 figures last week in a presentation ceremony that not only tarnished and devalued state honours but also highlighted the disconnect between the political elite and ordinary Indonesians.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – August 24, 2025
According to parliamentary watch-dog Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia's Parliament (Formappi), the recent increase in allowances for members of the House of Representatives (DPR) is not proportional to their performance.
Indonesia
Kompas Newspaper – August 23, 2025
The House of Representatives (DPR) is facing widespread public anger over a 50 million rupiah (US$3,067) monthly housing allowance for each lawmaker which analysts say is out of touch with the economic hardships faced by most ordinary Indonesians.
Indonesia
Jakarta Post – August 19, 2025
Tama Salim – When I was growing up in the 1990s, history was something to be memorized, not understood. Like most Indonesian schoolchildren of my generation, I was taught a single, sanitized version of the national past.
Indonesia
Tempo – August 11, 2025
The Indonesian Military (TNI) under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto is growing bigger. The Army (TNI AD) now has 21 Regional Military Commands (Kodam) from the previous 15 throughout Indonesia.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – August 10, 2025
Ahead of Indonesia's 80th anniversary of independence, social media has been flooded with images of flags from the Japanese anime One Piece flying on houses and vehicles instead of the national red-and-white flag.
Indonesia
Kompas Newspaper – August 9, 2025
The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) has expressed doubts over the credibility of the National Statistics Agency's (BPS) second-quarter economic growth figure of 5.12 percent, calling it an "anomaly" that does not reflect the real economic situation.
July 2025
Indonesia
Kompas.id – July 20, 2025
Speaking during a working meeting at the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IV in Jakarta, Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said that the country has suffered losses amounting to 99.35 trillion rupiah due to adulterated rice (beras oplosan) circulating in the market.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – July 13, 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Indonesia's unemployment rate will reach 5 percent in 2025, the second-highest in Asia after China, which is projected to be 5.1 percent this year.
June 2025
Indonesia
Kompas.id – June 21, 2025
President Prabowo Subianto has insisted that Indonesia's economy is on the right track and that the government is achieving its goals, claiming that according to experts Indonesia's economic growth in the first half of 2025 was over 5 percent.
May 2025
Indonesia
Kompas.id – May 11, 2025
A spate of recent media reports about rampant extortion of foreign and domestic companies by so-called social or mass organisations (ormas) is hardily news for anybody familiar with running a business in Indonesia.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – May 11, 2025
On 17 April a group calling themselves the Retired Indonesian Military (TNI) Soldiers Forum released a statement demanding that President Prabowo Subianto remove Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka as his deputy.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – May 4, 2025
Most viewers have dismissed Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's video monolog on youth's crucial role in realising the government's much touted vision of Golden Indonesia 2045 as overly flowery, lacking substance and an exercise in attention seeking.
Indonesia
Kompas.id – May 4, 2025
While there has been considerable public discussion about the problem of online debt (pinjol) and the related problem of online gambling, there has been little said about the level of debt incurred by ordinary households who survive through credit from local shops (pintok), food stalls (pinwar) and neighbours (pintangga).