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Indonesia's troubled free meals programme has seen yet another leadership change, with BGN head Nanik Sudaryati Deyang resigning after just two months due to health issues. A Prabowo aide has been appointed as replacement amid ongoing corruption investigations and implementation challenges.
Competing protests have erupted across Indonesia over President Prabowo Subianto's free nutritious meal scheme, with students demanding suspension citing corruption and wasteful spending, while workers and farmers rally to preserve the programme.
Indonesian police have detained former youth minister Roy Suryo and health activist Tifa Tyassuma on defamation charges tied to their challenges of ex-president Jokowi's university diploma, marking a dramatic escalation in a dispute spanning six years.
Indonesia's free nutritious meal programme faces mounting pressure to halt and review operations, with human rights violations flagged, student protests escalating, and constitutional challenges questioning the Rp 335 trillion budget allocation.