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        "msgid": "prabowo-to-workers-dont-hate-the-rich-1777621985",
        "date": "2026-05-01 13:39:19",
        "title": "Prabowo to Workers: Don't Hate the Rich",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto urged workers not to resent the wealthy during his speech at the International Labour Day commemoration in Jakarta on 1 May 2026, emphasising that many entrepreneurs provide fair employment and are essential for a vibrant economy. He criticised greedy officials colluding with exploitative businesspeople but expressed confidence in workers' support for his leadership. Meanwhile, while some unions celebrated with the president at the National Monument, others, including the Gebrak alliance, held an independent protest at the DPR building to voice demands independently of government influence.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto urged workers not to resent the rich.\nAccording to him, many wealthy entrepreneurs provide fair\nemployment.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo conveyed this view in a speech to workers during the\nInternational Labour Day commemoration at the National Monument area in\nJakarta on Friday, 1 May 2026. \u201cDon\u2019t hate the rich,\u201d he said from the\npodium.<\/p>\n<p>The former Defence Minister stated that workers need to approach\nentrepreneurs maturely. He noted that not all entrepreneurs are\ndespicable or greedy.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo said there are still many entrepreneurs who work well. \u201cWe\nneed them for the economy to thrive,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Prabowo said he could not tolerate government officials\ncolluding with greedy entrepreneurs. He described them as people who\nbecome rich by robbing.<\/p>\n<p>The Gerindra Party Chairman is confident that workers and labourers\nsupport him as president. \u201cI wanted to become president five times, lost\nfour times. But I feel that workers, farmers, and fishermen have always\nbeen with me,\u201d Prabowo stated.<\/p>\n<p>This year, various worker unions and labour federations across\nregions held International Labour Day commemorations on Friday, 1 May\n2026. The event in Jakarta was split between two locations: the Monas\narea in Central Jakarta and in front of the House of Representatives\n(DPR) building in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>The All-Indonesian Workers\u2019 Confederation together with the Labour\nParty held May Day at Monas. However, it was not a protest to voice\ndemands; the May Day at Monas took the form of a celebration featuring\nPresident Prabowo Subianto.<\/p>\n<p>Several worker union organisations chose not to join the 2026 May Day\ncelebration at Monas with the authorities. Those who refused are united\nin the Alliance of Workers\u2019 Movement with the People or Gebrak.<\/p>\n<p>This alliance consists of the Confederation of the Congress of\nIndonesian Workers\u2019 Union Alliances (KASBI), the Indonesian Workers\u2019\nStruggle Federation (FPBI), the Food and Beverage Workers\u2019 Union\nFederation (FSBMM), as well as organisations from various societal\nelements. They planned to demonstrate and voice demands in front of the\nDPR building in Jakarta during the Labour Day commemoration on Friday\nafternoon, 1 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>KASBI Confederation Chairman Sunarno said there would be around\n10,000 people protesting in front of the parliamentary building. \u201cWe are\ncarrying the theme May Day with the People,\u201d he said when contacted on\nThursday, 30 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Sunarno stated that the action organised by his group differed from\nthe one held by KSPSI at Monas. He described the Labour Day\ncommemoration in front of the DPR building as an independent and\nautonomous action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe May Day celebration organised at Monas, in our view, is laden\nwith mainstream narratives and co-optation by those in power,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-to-workers-dont-hate-the-rich-1777621985",
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