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        "id": 1821544,
        "msgid": "prabowo-nothing-more-urgent-than-an-empty-stomach-1782302147",
        "date": "2026-06-24 18:26:00",
        "title": "Prabowo: Nothing More Urgent Than an Empty Stomach",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto defended his flagship free nutritious meal programme (MBG) at a national farmers and fishermen event in Gorontalo, asserting that combating hunger is the most critical priority. He challenged critics to ask rural communities and children directly about the programme's necessity, amid growing protests and a recent corruption scandal involving the National Nutrition Agency.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto has stated that there is nothing more\npressing than filling the stomachs of hungry citizens. The Head of State\nmade this declaration whilst attending the 17th National Farmers and\nFishermen Week in Gorontalo Regency on Wednesday, 24 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, Prabowo took aim at intellectuals who oppose his\nflagship project, the free nutritious meal programme (MBG). He claimed\nthat MBG is needed by children as well as farmers and fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who disagree with MBG should come here. Ask the farmers and\nfishermen, is MBG needed or not? Ask the children, is MBG needed or\nnot?\u201d Prabowo said, as quoted from a live broadcast on the Presidential\nSecretariat\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Gerindra Party stressed that there is nothing\nmore important than overcoming hunger. His reasoning was that people who\nare left hungry can die.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are clever people who say there are things more urgent than an\nempty stomach. I think there is nothing more urgent than an empty\nstomach. A person with an empty stomach, if not fed immediately, will\ndie,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The former Defence Minister under President Joko Widodo then touched\non United Nations (UN) predictions regarding global hunger levels.\nAccording to Prabowo, the UN estimates that the number of hungry people\nin the world will rise to between 500 and 700 million.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to halt President Prabowo\u2019s flagship free nutritious meal\nprogramme have been growing louder. Waves of demonstrations in various\nregions, including Jakarta, Semarang, and Malang, over the past three\nweeks have carried a unified demand: a total evaluation of the MBG\nprogramme.<\/p>\n<p>These demands gained momentum after a corruption scandal within the\nNational Nutrition Agency, the body responsible for managing and\noverseeing MBG, was uncovered in early June.<\/p>",
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