A government minister has dismissed speculation as to possible links between dubious land documents and a fire that broke out at the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry/National Land Agency (BPN) building in South Jakarta just before midnight on Saturday.

President Prabowo Subianto called for the collective media and journalists across the country to “prioritize the interests of the nation” and help build the nation together during his speech to commemorate the 79th National Press Day on Sunday.

President Prabowo Subianto has, once again, shown reliance on the Indonesian Military (TNI) to make his administration’s priority programs a success, stoking concerns of military overreach into civilian affairs that could regress the country’s democracy and human rights.

Amid speculation of an impending cabinet reshuffle, Golkar Party chairman and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said that his party’s commitment to supporting President Prabowo Subianto’s administration would prevent Golkar ministers from being ousted from the cabinet.

The House deputy speaker's recent encroachment into the role of presidential spokesperson has blurred the line between the legislative and executive branches toward potentially quashing the checks and balances that prevent "constitutional chaos", according to obervers.

The AGO has detained the Finance Ministry's Isa Rachmatarwata as a suspect over his alleged role in the Jiwasraya corruption case during his tenure as insurance bureau chief at Bapepam-LK.

President Prabowo Subianto appears to be reassessing all the national strategic projects introduced under his predecessor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, including a tourism area construction in Lido, West Java, affiliated with United States President Donald Trump. 

Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai was in the hot seat at Wednesday's meeting with House Commission XIII, whose lawmakers lambasted his poor performance as well as demand for a larger budget.

President Prabowo Subianto’s backers in the House of Representatives face fresh allegations of legislative overreach for revising internal rules that bestow on them the authority to dismiss public officials as they see fit, blurring the lines between legislative and executive power.

President Prabowo Subianto has hinted that his first cabinet reshuffle is impending, warning that he will remove any minister who fails to fall in line with his people-centered agenda and commitment to clean governance.

The government's idea to grant mining concessions to tertiary institutions has met with a mixed response, with some universities saying it could have a mutually beneficial outcome for both sectors and at least one professor alleging it is a subversive move to silence critics of the mining industry.

The President said during the first 100 days of his administration he had warned every ministry to “clean up” their act, otherwise they “will be cleaned out”.  

The antigraft body seized 11 cars, cash and other evidence from the residence of the Pancasila Youth chairman during a raid on Tuesday, in relation to a 2018 bribery scandal involving ex-Kutai Kertanegara regent Rita Widyasari and mining companies.

The court called the plantiff's arguments "baseless" in its ruling on Tuesday, paving the way for the former governor's inauguration on Feb. 20 as the new East Java leader.

The series of controversies embroiling several ministers in President Prabowo Subianto’s first 100 days in office has prompted calls for the reshuffle of his bloated Red and White cabinet, although observers say it is unlikely to happen soon unless “urgent factors” arise.

Since the policy was implemented, however, long queues have formed outside approved LPG distributors across various regions, with thousands of residents expressing frustration over their struggle to obtain the cooking gas.

While all regional heads sworn in on Feb. 20 will be inaugurated by Prabowo, only governors will be inducted by the President in a ceremony after the Feb. 24 ruling hearing. The elected regents and mayors will be inaugurated by their respective governors.

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) is moving forward in a probe into the alleged falsification of permits for land on the shoreline facing an illegal sea barrier in Tangerang regency, Banten, which has sparked a debate about the issue of unlicensed land reclamation.

The meeting was organized at the headquarters of the Agriculture Ministry in South Jakarta, after the President wrapped up his unannounced inspection of the distribution of free meals to students.

President Prabowo Subianto finally conducted “an impromptu visit” to several schools in Jakarta on Monday to observe the implementation of his flagship free nutritious meals program.

The government has begun questioning the need for Indonesia’s commitment to the 2015 Paris Climate Accords amid sluggish global progress and United States disruption, raising concerns ahead of a crucial moment when the country must choose to double down on its contributions or empower its dirty energy interests.

The Prabowo Subianto administration and the House of Representatives are rushing the deliberation of a bill that will define the authority of Danantara, the country’s first state-owned enterprise (SOE) superholding company and an investment management agency, akin to Singapore’s Temasek.

The Army chief of staff has said senior leaders of the military branch will start working on the President's order to assist in achieving food security, such as by collaborating with relevant ministries and state-owned enterprises.

With the Indonesian Military (TNI) having identified improving cybersecurity as one of its top priorities this year, its chief Gen. Agus Subiyanto is considering recruiting civilians with expertise in information technology as soldiers, with a view for them to eventually join the planned cyber force.

According to observers, President Prabowo Subianto's nationalistic view that resource-rich Indonesia should be self-sufficient, respected and well-networked has been driving his diplomatic efforts in the first 100 days of his presidency.

National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo has asked regional police leaders to create special social media accounts to respond to public complaints before they go viral.

The amnesty plan first surfaced last month, when Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas announced after a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto an idea to pardon some 44,000 prisoners nationwide on humanitarian grounds and to help relieve the country’s overcrowded prisons.

The President's instruction came just as the two institutions became the subject of public scrutiny following a growing number of incidents of brutality and violence by military and police officers in the country in recent months.

The government has promised to avoid becoming complacent after the latest polls averaged an approval rating of 80 percent for the first 100 days of the Prabowo presidency.

The government has until March 3 to submit a formal extradition request against Paulus Tannos, an Indonesian businessman named suspect in the multitrilltion-rupiah e-ID corruption case, who fled to Singapore.