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Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ordered the government to stop financing President Prabowo Subianto's free nutritious meals initiative from the education budget, ruling it violates constitutional spending mandates on schooling.
Indonesia's free meals programme, a centrepiece of President Prabowo Subianto's policy agenda, has been destabilised by the resignation of its second agency chief in six weeks, compounded by severe budget reductions.
A leaked travel document revealing Indonesia's Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo's wife and daughter were included in a UN meeting delegation has triggered public uproar and sparked widespread personnel reassignments, raising concerns about institutional stability.
President Prabowo Subianto has instructed a comprehensive review of two major programmes—free school meals and Red and White cooperatives—signalling a potential shift in implementation following mounting public criticism and controversies.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's anti-corruption agenda faces scrutiny as authorities investigate former deputy attorney general Febrie Adriansyah, exposing institutional tensions over how law-enforcement agencies handle cases involving their own members.
Indonesian police raids uncovered tens of millions in assets at homes and businesses across Jakarta, including gold and cash at Deputy Attorney General Febrie Adriansyah's residence, prompting military deployment and raising concerns about institutional conflict.
Indonesia's former education minister Nadiem Makarim and prosecutors have both appealed a corruption conviction related to a Chromebook procurement scheme for schools. The case raises questions about whether talented professionals will enter public service.
Indonesia's human rights commission has urged the government to cease military training for managers of President Prabowo's village cooperative initiative after five participants died within the first ten days of a 45-day programme.
Indonesian authorities have charged four people following an anti-government demonstration in Surabaya that drew around 100 protesters opposed to recent fuel price increases and a controversial free school meals initiative.
Indonesia's Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has engaged directly with university students protesting government programmes, a move analysts say is strategically timed ahead of the 2029 presidential election, though his actual influence over policy remains constrained.
Competing demonstrations across Indonesia reflect deepening divisions over President Prabowo's free meal programme, with students demanding cuts due to corruption and spending concerns while workers and farmers mobilise to protect their livelihoods.
Jakarta police have detained former youth minister Roy Suryo and activist Tifa Tyassuma over defamation allegations connected to longstanding disputes about President Jokowi's academic credentials, marking an escalation in a six-year controversy.
Indonesia's free nutritious meals programme, benefiting 61 million students and pregnant women, faces growing pressure to halt or review implementation following human rights violations findings, food poisoning incidents, and seven constitutional court petitions challenging its Rp 335 trillion budget allocation.