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President Prabowo Subianto's approval rating has plummeted from 81.2 per cent in November 2025 to 51.1 per cent in July 2026, marking an abrupt end to his unusually long honeymoon period and signalling mounting public discontent over economic performance.
President Prabowo Subianto has instructed his administration to conduct comprehensive reviews of two major flagship programmes—the free school meals initiative and the Red and White cooperative scheme—signalling potential operational changes amid mounting public criticism and fiscal concerns.
Indonesia's anti-corruption push faces scrutiny as the investigation into former deputy attorney general Febrie Adriansyah—accused of money laundering—reveals institutional tensions and procedural concerns among the country's overlapping law-enforcement agencies.