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        "id": 1738410,
        "msgid": "prabowo-wants-pnm-mekaar-interest-rate-to-become-9-percent-1778730815",
        "date": "2026-05-14 06:31:39",
        "title": "Prabowo Wants PNM Mekaar Interest Rate to Become 9 Percent",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID_BISNIS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has directed a significant reduction in the interest rate for the PNM Mekaar programme, from the current 24 percent to below 9 percent, as announced in a speech at the Attorney General's Office. This move aims to address the disparity in financing access, where micro-entrepreneurs, particularly poor women, face higher rates compared to large corporations, aligning with Pancasila principles of social justice. The PNM Mekaar, operated by a BRI subsidiary, serves over 22.7 million underprivileged female micro-business owners across Indonesia, facilitating easier funding access.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto has ordered a reduction in the interest\nrate for the Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM) Mekaar programme. He wants\nthe rate to change from the current 24 percent to below 9 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a political decision; I have already taken it that the\ninterest for Permodalan Nasional Madani, for credit to pre-prosperous\nfamilies, from 24 percent, we must lower it to below 10 percent, must be\nbelow 9 percent,\u201d said Prabowo during a speech at the Attorney General\u2019s\nOffice in Jakarta on Wednesday, 13 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo stated that access to financing for Indonesians has so far\nbeen uneven. This is because micro-business actors often receive loans\nwith higher interest rates than large companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, big entrepreneurs, if they go to the bank, might get 10\npercent, 9 percent. Imagine, the rich are given 9 percent, while the\npoor get 24 percent. This is a Pancasila state; I don\u2019t understand,\u201d\nsaid the former Minister of Defence.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo argued that the state must not allow small people to bear a\nheavier financing burden than the upper economic groups. \u201cOur benchmark\nis Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution, not just slogans. We want to\nrealise a truly just situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Quoted from the State-Owned Enterprises Regulatory Body (BP BUMN)\nwebsite, PNM Mekaar is a capital service for underprivileged women\nmicro-business actors. The aim is for them to easily obtain funding\naccess compared to applying for loans at banks.<\/p>\n<p>This programme is run by PT PNM, a subsidiary of PT Bank Rakyat\nIndonesia (Persero) Tbk or BRI. The PT PNM website states that they are\nthe world\u2019s largest financing and empowerment institution for\nunderprivileged women, with a total service of 22.7 million customers\nthroughout Indonesia.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-wants-pnm-mekaar-interest-rate-to-become-9-percent-1778730815",
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