Distinguishing between National and Regional Disasters
Monday, December 8, 2025
The government has not declared the floods and landslides in Sumatra a national disaster emergency. This will entail budgetary and command implications.
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FLOODS and landslides across the island of Sumatra in late November 2025 ignited a debate over the disaster’s official status. Many groups pressed President Prabowo Subianto’s administration to declare a national disaster, citing the catastrophic deluge that left more than 800 people dead. Yet the government argued the designation was unnecessary because all agencies had already been mobilized to respond.
Djati Mardiatno, a professor
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