No Budget Cuts for Security and Defense Affairs

Monday, February 10, 2025

Several institutions, including the National Police and the Defense Ministry, are spared from budget cuts. Procurement of defense equipment continues.

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President Prabowo Subianto, accompanied by TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto (left) and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, answers reporter's questions after giving a briefing at the 2025 Leadership Meeting of the Indonesian National Armed Forces and Police in Jakarta, January 30, 2025. Antara/Muhammad Adimaja. tempo : 174547648752.

DISCUSSIONS on the modernization of the National Police (Polri) surfaced during a meeting between the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and a delegation led by the National Police’s Logistics Assistant, Insp. Gen. Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono, in mid-January 2025. During the meeting, Argo outlined Polri’s equipment procurement plans. There were no indications that the police force needed to tighten its budget due to any cuts.

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Hammam Izzuddin and Novali Panji Nugroho contributed to the writing of this article.

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