May Day: Prabowo Pledges to Fight for Daycare and Affordable Housing for Workers

Earlier, it was mentioned that workers need childcare facilities, daycare—this is a good suggestion, and we will fight for it. We will implement this as soon as possible, brothers and sisters,” said Prabowo while attending the Labour Day commemoration at Monas, Central Jakarta, on Friday (1/5/2026).

In addition, Prabowo will prepare one million homes for workers. He said these homes will be built near industrial areas close to workers’ offices.

“It was also mentioned that workers greatly need housing, affordable housing. We have already built quite a lot this year, up to 350,000 homes, but our target is at least one million homes. We will start this year as well with one million homes,” he said.

Furthermore, Prabowo targets the construction of a new city with 100,000 apartment units. This new city will have many facilities, from schools, sports facilities, daycare to transportation.

“We will build new cities. Each city might consist of 100,000 apartment units, and I have ordered that there must be schools, sports facilities, daycare, hospitals, and most importantly, transportation—whether light rail, buses—so that workers can get to their jobs smoothly and well,” he said.

In addition, workers will be provided with cards for affordable transportation. He even joked about workers’ demands for free transportation.

“And brothers and sisters, we will try to ensure that workers given cards can use transport at very low prices; they want everything free,” said Prabowo jokingly.

“You have a leader behind me who wants everything free,” he continued, joking.