Prabowo Subianto

Notable Quotes

"The President instructed that this situation be treated as a national priority, with guarantees that national funds and logistics are fully available," Coordinating Minister Pratikno said, conveying Prabowo’s orders on the Sumatra disaster.([inp.polri.go.id](https://inp.polri.go.id/artikel/president-prabowo-orders-national-level-response-to-sumatra-disaster?utm_source=openai))

from Sumatra’s megafloods expose years of deforestation and corporate risk-taking · Updated Jan 4

"We do not need to declare a national disaster. However, that does not mean we do not view this as a very serious matter," President Prabowo said, defending his decision not to upgrade the disaster status.([en.antaranews.com](https://en.antaranews.com/news/394793/govt-avoids-national-emergency-as-situation-deemed-manageable-mpr))

from Sumatra’s megafloods expose years of deforestation and corporate risk-taking · Updated Jan 4

Paraphrased: Prabowo told officials the government has the capacity to manage both the disaster and the reconstruction after BNPB presented cost estimates.([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/indonesia-says-more-than-3-billion-recovery-funds-required-after-sumatra-floods-2025-12-08/?utm_source=openai))

from Sumatra’s megaflood: cyclone Senyar, deforestation, and a $3.1 billion rebuild · Updated Dec 11, 2025

Stories

Indonesia passes domestic workers protection law after 22 years

Rule Changes

Backed the law; government now drafts implementing rules

For 22 years, Indonesia's roughly 4.2 million domestic workers—nearly 90% of them women—have cleaned, cooked, and raised other people's children with no legal status as employees. On April 21, 2026, the country's Kartini Day holiday honoring women's rights, the House of Representatives passed the Domestic Workers Protection Law (UU PPRT), a bill first introduced in 2004 that had stalled across five parliamentary terms.

Updated 5 hours ago

Sumatra’s megafloods expose years of deforestation and corporate risk-taking

Built World

Refused to declare national disaster despite rising death toll and pressure from 113 civil society organizations; vowed normalcy within 2-3 months

In late November 2025, rare tropical Cyclone Senyar dumped extreme rainfall on Indonesia's Sumatra island, unleashing catastrophic floods and landslides across the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. By January 4, 2026, Indonesian authorities reported at least 1,177 deaths and 165 missing, with more than 3.3 million residents affected and around 1.1 million displaced across 52 cities and regencies. Economic losses exceeded 68.7 trillion rupiah ($4.13 billion), with 166,743 houses damaged along with hundreds of bridges, health facilities and schools. The same storm systems killed roughly 200 more people in southern Thailand and Malaysia, turning a regional weather anomaly into Southeast Asia's deadliest climate disaster of the year.

Updated Jan 4

Sumatra’s megaflood: cyclone Senyar, deforestation, and a $3.1 billion rebuild

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Leads national response; under pressure over scale and speed of disaster management

In late November 2025, Cyclone Senyar formed over the Strait of Malacca and made landfall on Sumatra, unleashing days of extreme rainfall that triggered catastrophic floods and landslides across the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. The disaster has killed at least 950 people, left 274 missing, injured thousands, and forced around a million people from their homes, making it one of Southeast Asia’s deadliest recent climate-related catastrophes.

Updated Dec 11, 2025