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        "id": 1897602,
        "msgid": "mpr-speaker-president-concerned-about-many-regional-heads-trapped-in-corruption-1785758190",
        "date": "2026-08-03 18:07:47",
        "title": "MPR Speaker: President concerned about many regional heads trapped in corruption",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has expressed deep concern over the increasing number of regional heads arrested for corruption, according to MPR Speaker Ahmad Muzani. The President highlighted the costly and exhausting democratic processes that precede local governance, urging serious attention to the issue. The matter was discussed during a meeting where MPR leaders also submitted the draft of the State Policy Guidelines (PPHN) to the President.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2014 Ahmad Muzani, Speaker of the People\u2019s Consultative\nAssembly (MPR RI), said President Prabowo Subianto expressed concern\nover the prevalence of regional heads being arrested in corruption cases\nduring a meeting with the MPR leadership at the Presidential Palace\ncomplex in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is deeply concerned about the various incidents occurring in the\nregions, where many regional heads have become ensnared in corruption.\nThat is why he asked for this issue to receive serious attention and\ncareful thought,\u201d Muzani said at a press conference following the\nmeeting with President Prabowo Subianto.<\/p>\n<p>Muzani said the concern arises because corruption cases involving\nregional heads occur amid an expensive, unique and exhausting democratic\nprocess for establishing regional governance.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of democratisation and regional governance was also\nhighlighted by President Prabowo in the concept of the State Policy\nGuidelines (Pokok-Pokok Haluan Negara, PPHN), which the MPR leadership\nsubmitted to him on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President paid close attention to various points, including the\ndemocratisation process and so on,\u201d Muzani explained.<\/p>\n<p>He said that on the occasion, the MPR leadership handed over the PPHN\nconcept to President Prabowo Subianto, and the discussion took place in\na productive and open atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn principle, the President has left it to the People\u2019s Consultative\nAssembly to make the State Policy Guidelines a reference across\nsuccessive administrations,\u201d Muzani said.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the MPR leadership also invited President Prabowo\nSubianto to attend the MPR Annual Session, planned for 14 August\n2026.<\/p>\n<p>The MPR leadership invited President Prabowo Subianto, as Head of\nState, to deliver the annual report on the performance of ministries and\nstate institutions on that occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Besides MPR Speaker Ahmad Muzani, the meeting with the President was\nattended by Deputy Speakers Lestari Moerdijat, Eddy Soeparno, Hidayat\nNur Wahid, Bambang Pacul and Rusdi Kirana.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mpr-speaker-president-concerned-about-many-regional-heads-trapped-in-corruption-1785758190",
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