Prabowo rolls out state-backed co-ops to boost grassroots


Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto. — Reuters

JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto launches 80,081 cooperatives under the Red-and-White Cooperatives (KMP) programme during a ceremony in Bentangan village, Klaten, Central Java.

In his speech on Monday, Prabowo described the cooperatives as “a tool of struggle” for the poor and a way for “economically weaker groups” to build collective strength.

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