Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said he would revoke an allowance for lawmakers which helped fuel fierce protests across the nation. Joshua Kurlantzick, a senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, tells Bloomberg that more economic and socio-political grievances have yet to be addressed.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has responded to recent protests by acknowledging some grievances and promising to review lawmakers' pay and limit foreign trips. These moves mark a shift from his initial hardline stance, with observers noting his flexibility in addressing public concerns.

However, analysts suggest that these concessions address only minor issues compared to Indonesia's broader economic challenges, such as youth unemployment and economic stagnation. The government is under pressure to enact deeper reforms, including reconsidering controversial economic policies and addressing corruption, to fully appease protesters and restore public confidence.

What's next for Prabowo after Indonesia protests?

What do you think is next? Could tensions stay elevated for some time? I think actually what you've seen is that Pavolo has been more flexible than anyone who knew Pavolo in the past would think. At first, he came out exactly as people would expect, talking about protesters being treasonous, terrorists, et cetera, and saying statements like what we just heard. And he actually now has moved in a direction. He's acknowledged some of their grievances. He's said that he's going to take a look at lawmakers' pay, cut foreign trips. He acknowledges the challenges in the economy, et cetera. That is not what anyone, I think, would have thought that Pavolo Subianto would do. The first is. The second, I think, is quite unusual. I think that might have an effect in promoting calm. Those quick concessions that Pavolo seems to have made, is that going to be having any sort of impact on people, though? Will they be listening to what he's saying, do you think? I mean, they're definitely listening, because the media penetration of what Pavolo says is enormous. I think their underlying grievances are well beyond the pay of lawmakers. I'm simply saying that he could have gone in a much worse direction. The problems with youth unemployment, economic challenges, et cetera, those are serious challenges that existed before Pavolo, and that he has not done very much to deal with. He now needs to deal with these serious, serious challenges, as well as the lawmaker pay and trips. That's a minor point compared to Indonesia's major economic challenges. What sort of actions do you see the government doing moving forward here? You mentioned there's a list of demands from protesters. What can they still do right now to appease protesters now? The first thing, which is already said, is the lawmakers' pay is absurd compared to the standard of living and the number of lawmakers. The number of lawmakers taking foreign trips and spending a lot of money is something he can do immediately. I think that will have some modest effect. Beyond that, there's huge problems. He could do things to reverse some of the mistakes he's already made, like going back on his idea of a state investment fund basically controlled by him, which is a recipe for massive graft, corruption. He could also go back on some of his statist economic ideas, which have a long history in Indonesia, but he has put them back in favor. Those are major mistakes he's already made. Will he go back on those? Those are much more important than the lawmakers' pay, but the lawmakers' pay is a first step. It's a sign, but then he has to follow through on these other major grievances.

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