Overview

• About 300 students gathered near the presidential palace during a cabinet meeting marking President Prabowo Subianto’s first year in office.
• A coalition of student groups known as BEM SI organized the rally and promoted it on Instagram using the hashtags #1YearIsEnough and #1YearOfContinuousProblems.
• Protesters condemned the flagship meals program after reports of thousands of food-poisoning cases among students and pregnant women.
• August’s larger student-led demonstrations intensified after a police vehicle killed a delivery driver, raising the death toll and testing Prabowo’s government.
• In his anniversary address, Prabowo defended the meals initiative, pledged improvements in education and medical care, and faced scrutiny over budget reallocations and expanded military roles in civilian programs.