Prabowo Inaugurates 1,061 Merah Putih Village/Urban Cooperatives in East Java
Prabowo Inaugurates 1,061 Merah Putih Village/Urban Cooperatives in East Java
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated 1,061 Merah Putih Village/Urban Cooperatives (KDMP/KKMP) in Nganjuk Regency, East Java, on Saturday (16 May 2026).
Prabowo described the inauguration as a historic moment. He stated that the KDMP/KKMP are fully equipped with buildings, warehouses, systems, goods, and transportation-logistics facilities.
Prabowo then explained the reason behind the number of 1,061 cooperatives inaugurated today. He said that initially, 1,300 KDMP/KKMP were planned for inauguration, but due to some being rushed, he suggested that 1,000 would be sufficient.
Then, the Director of PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara, Joao Angelo de Sousa Mota, proposed 1,061 because the sum of all the digits would result in Prabowo’s favourite number, which is 8.
“But that’s just to give us some enthusiasm; the main point is that we established these, from concept to completion, in less than a year,” Prabowo said in a broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat on Saturday (16 May 2026).
He elaborated that the physical construction began in November and was completed in May, taking only seven months.
Prabowo continued, stating that the Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, reported that more than 9,000 KDMP/KKMP were physically ready to be established.
“I think this is an achievement for the Indonesian nation,” Prabowo said.
He added that food is a matter of life and death for a nation. According to Prabowo, the efficiency of imports does not guarantee the survival of the nation.
“The survival of the nation is not just about being cheaper, but about whether it exists or not. And ultimately, history, fate, and reality prove that because we have secured food security, whatever crisis occurs outside our country, we are relatively safer and better prepared to face challenges,” he explained.
Furthermore, Prabowo aims for at least 20,000 KDMP/KKMP to be established by August.
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