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        "msgid": "prabowo-im-attacked-over-free-nutritious-meals-but-trillions-vanish-without-protest-1784541385",
        "date": "2026-07-20 16:12:38",
        "title": "Prabowo: I'm Attacked Over Free Nutritious Meals, But Trillions Vanish Without Protest",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has expressed bewilderment that his flagship Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme is criticised as wasteful, while the loss of thousands of trillions of rupiah in state wealth over decades draws little scrutiny. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, he stressed that a nation's primary measure of success is its ability to feed its people. He contrasted the attacks on the programme, which targets children, pregnant women, and the elderly, with the silence surrounding long-term financial leakages.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto has once again addressed those who have\nbeen critical of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme. Prabowo\nexpressed puzzlement that the programme is considered wasteful, whilst\nthe leakage of trillions of rupiah in state wealth over decades has\ndrawn little scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks while delivering directives at a Plenary Cabinet\nSession at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday (20\/7\/2026). Prabowo\ninitially asserted that one measure of a nation\u2019s success is its ability\nto meet its people\u2019s food needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery economy is certainly measured, and we have our measures. We\nask whether a nation can provide food, feed its people \u2014 that is the\nyardstick. What is the point of the Unitary State of the Republic of\nIndonesia if we cannot provide the foundation of a civilisation, the\nmost fundamental of which is providing food,\u201d Prabowo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are clever people who say there is something more important\nthan a hungry stomach, then by all means, my friends. What I know from\nthousands of years of human history is that no society has survived\nwithout food. Civilisations perished if they did not eat,\u201d he\ncontinued.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo said the government continues to work to ensure food prices\nremain under control, fertiliser is available at affordable prices for\nfarmers, and schoolchildren receive nutritious meals through the MBG\nprogramme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now ask: are food prices under control? Is fertiliser available\nfor farmers at affordable prices? Do schools receive nutritious food at\nschool?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo then highlighted the criticism continually directed at the\ngovernment over the implementation of the MBG programme. According to\nhim, the programme actually targets those most in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends, I am attacked because I want to provide nutritious food\nfor Indonesian children, to feed Indonesian children, for pregnant\nmothers, for the elderly \u2014 and it is considered wasteful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo then compared this criticism with the minimal attention given\nto the leakage of state wealth which, according to him, has occurred\nover decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the trillions that have evaporated, that have left Indonesian\nsoil over 34 years \u2014 there are no comments, no experts protesting, no\ninvestigations,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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