Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadive revealed one of the factors that made the second President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto, able to lead for 32 years.
According to him, Suharto's success in maintaining price stability, especially rice prices, is the main key in maintaining his leadership.
"One of the secrets why Mr. Harto can last 32 years is that he can maintain rice price stability, especially others will participate in rice prices," he said at the 2025 Regional Inflation Control Coordination Meeting, Monday, October 20.
He emphasized that controlling inflation is not just an economic matter, but also has a direct impact on social and political stability, so that regional leaders who are able to maintain price stability will gain greater trust from the community.
"This inflation is very very important also to increase the popularity of regional leaders. If in this area the price is not controlled, surely in the future if there is an election, it will not come back again. If you (regional heads) can handle prices in the regions, you can almost certainly be selected again without other frills. So the stomach is still the main political tool in Indonesia," he explained.
Based on data from the Ministry of Finance, it shows that national inflation until September 2025 was recorded at 2.65 percent still within the target range set by the government.
As for 38 provinces in Indonesia, 37 provinces recorded positive inflation, while North Maluku experienced a minor deflation of 0.2 percent.
In addition, as many as 25 provinces are on national targets, reflecting quite effective price control in various regions.
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Regionally, the trend of inflation also shows improvement, namely the island of Java which recorded an average inflation of 2.4 percent 2.5 percent, Kalimantan 2.2 percent, Sulawesi 2.9 percent, and Bali' Southeast Nusa Tenggara 2.5 percent.
The areas with the highest inflation are North Sumatra with 5.3 percent, Riau 5.1 percent, and Aceh 4.5 percent. Meanwhile, the lowest inflation was recorded in Papua and Maluku with 1.0 percent, and deflation with 0.2 percent in North Maluku.
Purbaya said, this condition shows that price affordability is getting better, along with improving distribution and cooperation between regions.
"Regions that are actively building cross-regional supply networks, inflation is much more stable," he said.
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