Lights out for Indonesia civil servants as Prabowo cuts budgets

[New Straits Times] - 02/20/2025

FROM office lights switched off to out-of-service lifts, Indonesian civil servants are feeling the pinch after President Prabowo Subianto ordered sweeping budget cuts across government that he said will fund his big-ticket campaign pledges. (c) New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd



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