Gerindra Claims Poverty and Unemployment Down in Prabowo Era

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Spokesperson for the Gerindra Party, Kamrussamad, highlighted the decline in poverty and unemployment during the two years of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administration.

"The poverty rate has been successfully reduced to 8.07 percent as of March 2026, marking the lowest figure in the history of national poverty statistics," Kamrussamad stated in a press release on Tuesday (20/10/2026).

He noted that with economic growth on the rise, the employment situation is also improving.

"The Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) has dropped to 4.65 percent as of May 2026, the lowest level in the past 32 years," he added.

From the perspective of economic growth, Kamrussamad mentioned that in the first semester of 2026, Indonesia's economic growth reached 5.45 percent.

He claimed that this figure is the highest in the last 13 years and among the top in G20 and ASEAN countries.

Kamrussamad also stated that investment performance has solidified over the two years of Prabowo's administration.

"Investment realization until the third quarter of 2026 reached Rp1,539.2 trillion, a 7.3 percent year-on-year increase, with Indonesia absorbing 2.19 million workers," he asserted.

Furthermore, Kamrussamad claimed that the management of state finances remains prudent, credible, and sustainable.

"The state budget deficit until September 2026 is controlled at 1.24 percent of GDP, while government debt as of June 2026 is recorded at 41.26 percent of GDP," said the member of Commission XI of the House of Representatives.

According to him, these two indicators are still below the maximum limits set by the State Finance Law.