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Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency faces fresh turmoil as its second head in two months steps down citing health concerns. A Prabowo aide now leads the embattled free meals programme amid persistent governance and corruption issues.
The chief of Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency has resigned citing health issues, becoming the second leadership change in over a month. The agency overseeing President Prabowo Subianto's free meals programme faces severe budget cuts and a corruption investigation.
President Prabowo Subianto has instructed a comprehensive review of two major government programmes—a Rp 268 trillion free school meals initiative and the Red and White cooperatives—signalling a significant policy recalibration amid mounting public criticism and controversy.
Indonesia's human rights commission has urged the government to terminate mandatory military training for managers of President Prabowo's Red and White Cooperatives initiative following five participant deaths within the first ten days of a 45-day programme.
Beneficiaries of President Prabowo Subianto's free meal programme are rejecting assistance and demanding its temporary suspension, citing alarming food quality issues and questioning whether budget could serve more urgent needs.