Fadli Zon in Prabowo's Book Surgery: "Neoliberalism Correction", Economy Must Return to Article 33

Fadli Zon in the book surgery event "Prabowo: Healthy Rational Politics Without a Stage". (IST)

JAKARTA - Minister of Culture Fadli Zon emphasized that President Prabowo Subianto's government is redirecting economic policies to return to Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution. He said that Prabowo's main agenda was "correction of neoliberalism" which was considered to make economic liberalization practices beyond limits.

The statement was made by Fadli when attending the book surgery "Prabowo: Healthy Rational Politics Without a Stage" by senior journalist J. Osdar in Parle, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday (15/2/2026).

"Our big job now is to correct neoliberalism. Mr. Prabowo wants to return our economy to the constitutional path, which is imperative, namely the earth, water, and natural wealth are controlled by the state for the prosperity of the people," said Fadli.

Fadli said Prabowo's idea was not a short-term image product. He claimed to have known Prabowo since he was active with the Center for Policy and Development Studies (CPDS) in 1993, and assessed today's policies as an execution of "long-term thought dialectics".

"Mr. Prabowo has not changed. What he is doing today is the implementation of common sense itself," said Fadli. He said that common sense politics must be "carried out through the political channel", not stopping as a discourse.

In the forum, Fadli gave an example of the tradition of the founding fathers who used political parties to embody ideas, namely from Soekarno, Hatta, Sutan Sjahrir, to Mohammad Natsir.

Fadli also mapped three pillars that he said were being built by the Prabowo government: getting institution right (institutional empowerment), getting intervention right (appropriate state intervention), and getting coordination right (cross-sector coordination).

This event was attended by, among others, the Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid, DPR Member Aboe Bakar Al Habsyi, Rocky Gerung, and literacy activists. The discussion was moderated by Effendi Gazali, with speakers including Jimly Asshiddiqie, Aris Marsudiyanto, Suryopratomo, and Anindya Novan Bakrie.