Qodari Claims Dark Forces Oppose Prabowo's Natural Resource Governance Reforms

The Head of the Government Communication Agency (Bakom), M. Qodari, believes that President Prabowo Subianto potentially faces opposition from various parties due to current economic policies. He cited examples ranging from natural resource governance to trade regulations.

Qodari made these remarks during the book launch of ‘President Solution’ in South Jakarta on Monday (8/6/2026). According to him, Prabowo’s steps to improve national economic management could trigger resistance from parties that have historically benefited from the old system.

“I want to say this: it is not impossible that Mr. Prabowo is under attack, under siege, or surrounded, because Mr. Prabowo is implementing very fundamental changes to our trading methods and economic management across various aspects. One of the most fundamental relates to natural resource management,” said Qodari.

He explained that Prabowo is striving to return natural resource management to the mandate of Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution, which dictates that natural resources must be controlled by the state and used for the prosperity of the people. The government is currently conducting evaluations of various natural resource management practices.

“At that point, he is conducting a thorough evaluation. For instance, a derivative of Article 33 of the Constitution is that mining and plantation lands should not belong to individuals, but to the state. Currently, these are owned by individuals, and the funds used for managing and developing these plantations are often borrowed from state banks. However, once the products are sold, the foreign exchange does not return to Indonesia but remains abroad,” he stated.

Qodari noted that the government is also working to rectify various practices in export activities that are deemed detrimental to the state. He mentioned that practices such as under-invoicing and transfer pricing are major focuses for the government.

“There is under-invoicing and there is transfer pricing. Mr. Prabowo wants to correct all of this so that the revenue for the nation and the state becomes larger, and the funds can be used for the greatest prosperity of the people, addressing fundamental national issues such as food and energy security,” he said.

Furthermore, Qodari touched upon the formation of a new agency tasked with recording and managing natural resource commodity transactions. He noted that it is possible for parties to emerge in opposition to these government policies.

“This includes the establishment of an agency to record and manage all natural resource products to overcome issues like under-invoicing and transfer pricing. In this context, it is not impossible that there are opponents; there are dark forces that are unhappy with what Mr. Prabowo is doing, both domestically and from abroad,” he asserted.