Yogyakarta – Hundreds of mothers held a symbolic action by banging cooking utensils as a form of protest against the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program which has recently resulted in thousands of school children suffering food poisoning.

Through the action titled "Kenduri Suara Ibu Indonesia" (Feast of the Voice of Indonesian Mothers), the mothers urged President Prabowo Subianto to stop his flagship program and conduct a total re-evaluation. "The mothers here are demanding an end to the free nutritious meals. Mothers never remain silent when their children are harmed", said one of the speakers.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's speech at the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday September 23 in New York has attracted the attention of several civil society organisations. They believe that Prabowo's statements about the food crisis and climate are not in line with the conditions domestically.

In his speech, Prabowo said Indonesia's ambition is to become a global actor in dealing with the climate crisis and food security. He claimed that Indonesia is already achieved rice self-sufficiency, targeting 12 million hectares of degraded land, building a 480 kilometre sea wall and pursuing carbon neutrality by 2060 or sooner.

Yogyakarta – The Gajah Mada University (UGM) Student Executive Council Community of Students (BEM KM) is urging the government to totally re-evaluate the free nutritional meal (MBG) program which is a flagship project of President Prabowo Subianto.

This was one of the criticisms articulated by the UGM BEM KM through a theatrical action in which a cow with Prabowo's face was herded by a man wearing a mask of Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.

Responding to a speech by the President of Indonesia at the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

"The President's speech at the UN called for equality, justice, peace and offered 20,000 Indonesian troops for a peacekeeping mission. The noble sounding rhetoric is inversely proportional to foreign and domestic policies on the issues that were raised.