{
  "id": 4420628,
  "title": "Analysis: PPHN Prabowo's green light for Soeharto's ghost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/analysis-pphn-prabowos-green-light-for-soehartos-ghost-4420628",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T00:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post Academia",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post-academia",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/29/analysis-pphn-prabowos-green-light-for-soehartos-ghost.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The push to revive the binding state roadmap, known as the Pokok-Pokok Haluan Negara (PPHN), has finally gained political consensus and the endorsement of President Prabowo Subianto. After a decade of delays, the PPHN now faces its last hurdle: amending the Constitution to make it binding for future presidents. The proponents remain determined to push forward, even though the law is not yet in place. If successful, a constitutionalized PPHN would bind future presidents to guidelines set by the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), shifting accountability from voters to the MPR. Critics see this as a potential step toward rolling back direct presidential elections, similar to the Garis-Garis Besar Haluan Negara (GBHN) implemented during Indonesia's New Order era by Soeharto.",
  "summary": "It is almost a done deal. After a decade of false starts under President Joko \"Jokowi\" Widodo, the push to revive a binding state roadmap, the Pokok-Pokok Haluan Negara (Principles of State Policy, or PPHN), finally has what it lacked: political consensus and a president willing to back it.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Analysis: PPHN Prabowo's green light for Soeharto's ghost",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/analysis-pphn-prabowos-green-light-for-soehartos-ghost",
        "published": "2026-08-29T00:00:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}