PP Muhammadiyah Chairman Discusses Economic Vampires and Elite Greed

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Chairman of the Central Leadership Council (PP) of Muhammadiyah, Haedar Nashir, referenced a statement made by President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto regarding a group referred to as economic vampires.

Haedar stated that this group is associated with greedy economic practices that cause widespread suffering among the populace.

"In Klaten last year, you mentioned that what destroys Indonesia is the greedy economic vampires, which lead to the suffering of many people," Haedar said during the opening of the Tanwir and the 114th anniversary of Muhammadiyah, as quoted from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel on Saturday (14/11/2026).

According to Haedar, the government under Prabowo's leadership is committed to implementing Articles 33 and 34 of the 1945 Constitution to ensure that national wealth is used for the welfare of the people.

"You are very committed to realizing Articles 33 and 34. You are trying to reform natural resource policies, where strategic resources and economic activities are controlled by the state, and eventually, if distribution is to national entrepreneurs aligned with national ideals, we support you in this very positive endeavor," he added.

Haedar then quoted the thoughts of Ki Bagus Hadikusumo, a former Chairman of PP Muhammadiyah and a member of BPUPKI, regarding the sources of societal and national destruction.

"The source of turmoil, division, and the destruction of society and nation is evil desires," Haedar said.

He continued that one dangerous form of desire is greed for wealth and power.

"And one among—he even said half of—that evil desire is greed and avarice," he explained.

Therefore, Haedar assessed that the issue of unequal wealth distribution remains a challenge in Indonesia.

Economic disparities have the potential to spawn an economic oligarchy, which increasingly exacerbates unequal wealth distribution.

"This is what gives rise to economic oligarchy. The key point is that togetherness, unity, and justice will be undermined when this persists, when socio-economic gaps remain wide open due to economic oligarchy," Haedar stated.