President Prabowo Launched 80,000 Units of Merah Putih Village Cooperatives
President Prabowo Subianto launched 80,000 Merah Putih Village Cooperatives (Kopdes) in Bentangan Village, Wonosari, Klaten Regency, Central Java, on Monday (7/21/2025).
President Prabowo Subianto launched 80,000 Merah Putih Village Cooperatives (Kopdes) in Bentangan Village, Wonosari, Klaten Regency, Central Java, on Monday (7/21/2025).
Minister of Cooperatives Budi Arie Setiadi stated that the people expect the Merah Putih Village Cooperative program to become a tool for economic struggle.
The Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs stated that nearly 77,000 Merah Putih Village Cooperatives are now legally registered, many of them are already running.
The Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that he will collaborate with cooperatives and the Merah Putih Cooperative in financing, distributing, and storing corn harvests.
Indonesian Minister of Cooperatives, Budi Arie Setiadi, said that the government is serious about encouraging the ease of establishing the Red and White Village Cooperative (Kopdes) in villages.
The Secretary General of the Home Affairs Minister, Tomsi Tohir, is optimistic that the Red and White Village Cooperatives can improve denizes welfare.
President Prabowo Subianto will form an economic activity center in each village called the Red and White Village Cooperative (Koperasi Desa Merah Putih).