Prabowo begins second year with cool Indonesia growth silent polls
Prabowo begins second year with cool Indonesia growth, silent polls
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alt="Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks beside stacks of Indonesian rupiah banknotes equivalent to 800 million USD at the Attorney Generals Office building during the handover of assets recovered from the corruption case involving the provision of Crude Palm Oil export facilities, in Jakarta on October 20, 2025. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)"/>Mr Prabowo Subianto has responded to economic unease with waves of stimulus, including US$1.8 billion (S$2.3 billion) in cash aid for 35 million households announced last week.
PHOTO: AFP
IndonesiaJAKARTA – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto enters his second year in office facing mounting challenges – tepid economic growth, stubbornly high youth unemployment and a troubled multibillion-dollar free meals programme. Now, a new concern looms: slipping voter support, obscured by a lack of credible public polling in his first year.
“The fact there have been no good polls made public since February indicates all polls have likely been detecting declining support for Prabowo,” said political analyst Kevin O’Rourke. “No polling client is willing to approve the release of findings that would irk the president.”
Leaked findings from one credible pollster, reported by several local media outlets, showed Mr Prabowo’s approval rating in September had slipped to about 59 per cent from 79 per cent earlier in 2025. Indikator Politik Indonesia said afterward it hadn’t released the results of the survey.
Another research group, the Center of Economic and Law Studies, on Oct 20 gave the president a score of three out of 10 in its one-year performance report, down from five at the 100-day mark.
One of the last credible polls made public came at that 100-day point, when Litbang Kompas found Mr Prabowo’s popularity at 81
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