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        "id": 1631137,
        "msgid": "ministers-responses-to-the-plan-for-salary-cuts-1774266673",
        "date": "2026-03-23 17:42:00",
        "title": "Ministers' Responses to the Plan for Salary Cuts",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Several Indonesian ministers have expressed their willingness to comply with President Prabowo Subianto's proposed salary cuts for state officials aimed at saving the national budget. Ministers including Wihaji, Abdul Mu'ti, Nusron Wahid, and Natalius Pigai have affirmed their obedience to the president's directives, viewing the measure as beneficial for the nation. The policy is currently under review following Prabowo's emphasis on fiscal prudence during a cabinet meeting, drawing comparisons to austerity measures in Pakistan and Indonesia's past COVID-19 response.",
        "content": "<p>Several ministers have responded to President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s plan\nto cut the salaries of state officials to save the budget. The Minister\nof Population and Family Development\/Head of the Population and Family\nDevelopment Agency, Wihaji, stated that he would follow Prabowo\u2019s\ndecision.<\/p>\n<p>This Golkar Party politician said that the president\u2019s step is in the\nnational interest. \u201cI am the president\u2019s assistant. Whatever policy is\ntaken by the president, we certainly submit and obey,\u201d he said when\ncontacted on Monday, 23 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu\u2019ti, shares\nthe same view. He said he would follow the president\u2019s policy. \u201cI will\nobey whatever becomes the president\u2019s policy,\u201d he said when contacted on\nMonday, 23 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning\/Head of the\nNational Land Agency, Nusron Wahid, said that this goodness is for the\ncommon good and welfare. \u201cAs servants and state apparatus, we sami\u2019na wa\nargo\u2019 a as long as it is for the good and welfare of the Indonesian\nnation and people,\u201d said the Golkar politician when contacted on Monday,\n23 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The government plans to implement a salary cut policy for the\nministers of the Red and White Cabinet. State Secretary Minister\nPrasetyo Hadi stated that the policy is still in the study stage.<\/p>\n<p>In the Full Plenary Cabinet Session at the State Palace on Friday, 13\nMarch 2026, President Prabowo Subianto emphasised the importance of\nsaving even though it has not yet entered a crisis. Prabowo gave the\nexample of Pakistan, which has implemented extreme measures, such as\nreducing working days to cutting officials\u2019 salaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just as a comparison. So, they consider this already\ncritical, like we did during the Covid-19,\u201d said Prabowo.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Human Rights (HAM), Natalius Pigai, via his X social\nmedia account, <span class=\"citation\"\ndata-cites=\"NataliusPigai2\">@NataliusPigai2<\/span>, said he would follow\nPrabowo\u2019s instructions. He said he is willing to have his salary cut.\n\u201cMy basic salary is Rp18 million, and I can still make do from\nallowances and official travel according to the rules,\u201d said Pigai on\nFriday, 20 March 2026. He permitted his tweet to be quoted by Tempo.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ministers-responses-to-the-plan-for-salary-cuts-1774266673",
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