LIVE: Pengantar Presiden RI pada SKP 2 Tahun Pertama Pemerintahan, 21 Oktober 2026

Summary

At a plenary cabinet meeting marking the government’s first two years, President Prabowo Subianto thanked the Red and White Cabinet and praised its teamwork. He said Indonesia faces a difficult international environment shaped by wars, trade and tariff conflicts, competition among major powers, climate change, and natural-disaster risks. He argued that these pressures make national resilience and self-reliance essential.

A video montage presented the administration’s reported achievements, including:

• Renovating 30,000 schools and building 265 public schools. The video said the new schools helped 43,000 street children return to education.
• Providing meals to students and improving access to schooling.
• Reaching food self-sufficiency in eight commodities, described in the video as a historic high.
• Expanding biodiesel to B50, with further plans for ethanol blending.
• Enrolling 250,000 people in a national internship program at minimum-wage-equivalent pay.
• Completing 2,228 kilometres of highways and building 9,000 kilometres of irrigation networks.
• Building 22 hospitals and 17 football stadiums designed to meet FIFA standards.
• Cutting interest on PNM Mekaar loans to 8% for more than 16 million active customers.
• Attracting nearly Rp4,000 trillion in investment and creating about 5.5 million jobs.
• Paying off Rp218.3 trillion in BLBI bond debt and closing 290 state-owned enterprises. The video said this saved Rp50 trillion in public funds.

Prabowo said these achievements should motivate further work, not complacency. He emphasized that public service entails personal sacrifice and that ministers should work collectively despite their different political and professional backgrounds. He defended the government’s broad coalition, arguing that national unity is more important than factional interests.

National resources and the economy

Prabowo condemned the smuggling of goods and natural resources—including tin, coal, timber, subsidized fuel, and fertilizer—as harmful to national welfare. He called for stronger enforcement and warned that permits could be revoked when companies break the law.

He also said investigators should examine whether human activity, including deliberate burning, is behind some forest and land fires. He described such acts as a grave threat to public health.

Foreign policy and national unity

Prabowo said Indonesia should maintain friendly relations with all countries, avoid military blocs, and remain guided by an anti-imperialist and anti-colonial tradition.

Domestically, he advocated a politics of national unity that respects Indonesia’s religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity. He also argued that education and policymaking should become more integrated, as economics, politics, food, trade, and security are increasingly interconnected.

Food and energy security

Prabowo identified food and energy security as central priorities. He said Indonesia had achieved food self-sufficiency despite difficult conditions and was preparing for El Niño and La Niña.

He cited B50 biodiesel and set out an ambition to expand ethanol blending from E10 toward E20 and eventually E50, saying this could reduce or eliminate fuel imports. He closed by urging continued effort, possible further spending restraint, and confidence that the country was pursuing a path of justice, poverty reduction, and ending hunger.

Presenters and contributors

• President Prabowo Subianto — delivered the cabinet-meeting address.
• Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka — identified as present.
• Meeting announcer — unnamed; introduced the meeting and the achievements video.
• Voices in the video montage — unnamed students, residents, and other community members.