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        "id": 1819294,
        "msgid": "president-prabowo-seven-years-of-5-growth-yet-poverty-and-middle-class-decline-persist-1782215743",
        "date": "2026-06-23 18:00:46",
        "title": "President Prabowo: Seven Years of 5% Growth Yet Poverty and Middle-Class Decline Persist",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Ekonomi",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has highlighted a stark anomaly in Indonesia's economic development, noting that seven consecutive years of 5% growth have paradoxically coincided with rising poverty and a shrinking middle class. Speaking at a Nahdlatul Ulama forum, he argued that the benefits of this expansion have been captured by a small elite. He pledged to reform the system to ensure more equitable distribution of prosperity in line with the nation's founding ideals.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto stated that Indonesia\u2019s economic growth\nover the past seven years has not been accompanied by an improvement in\npeople\u2019s welfare. In his closing address at the Nahdlatul Ulama National\nAlim Ulama Conference 2026 in Bangkalan Regency, East Java, on Tuesday,\nthe President said that theoretically, economic growth of around 5%\nannually for seven years should result in a significant increase in\npublic welfare. \u201cFor the last seven years, it has been said that our\neconomy grew by 5% each year. Seven years times five means 35% growth.\nLogically, over seven years, Indonesia should have become 35% richer,\u201d\nPresident Prabowo stated, as monitored via the Presidential\nSecretariat\u2019s broadcast in Jakarta on Tuesday. However, the President\ncontinued, the data he received showed a different reality. He said the\neconomic growth that occurred had not been enjoyed equally by all levels\nof society. \u201cThe reality is that after seven years of 5% growth, the\nnumber of poor people has increased. The country is getting richer, but\nthe poor are increasing. This is something strange, an anomaly. The\nmiddle class, which had previously escaped poverty, is declining,\u201d he\nexplained. According to Prabowo, this condition signals that the fruits\nof economic growth are being enjoyed predominantly by a select group.\nThe President emphasised that economic development must create equitable\nwelfare and broaden the benefits of growth for all Indonesian people.\n\u201cWe see that this means our system is wrong. The system is wrong because\nif the poor increase and the middle class decreases, it means only a\nhandful of people are enjoying this growth,\u201d he clarified. President\nPrabowo added that his administration will strive to improve various\npolicies so that economic growth can be felt more fairly and evenly by\nthe public. According to Prabowo, the ideal of Indonesian independence\nis to realise social justice and prosperity for all people, so that\neconomic growth can be enjoyed fairly and equitably. \u201cThis is what I\nbelieve and this is what I will work on, to fulfil my oath to the people\nto safeguard their interests in accordance with the oath I took when I\nwas inaugurated,\u201d said President Prabowo.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/president-prabowo-seven-years-of-5-growth-yet-poverty-and-middle-class-decline-persist-1782215743",
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