President Prabowo’s APBN‑funded kurban drives nationwide animal distribution

President Prabowo Subianto allocated roughly 1,098 cattle worth about Rp 100 billion for the 2026 Idul Adha celebration, using the President’s social‑aid budget (Banpres) drawn from the state budget (APBN). The Ministry of State Secretariat presented the animals as aid for the public, and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) declared the use of state funds for kurban permissible under Islamic law, though the Finance Minister said he was not aware of the detail.

The program triggered a wave of distribution across the country. Makassar’s municipal government handed out 7,261 cows and 402 goats to residents of 15 districts. PT Medco E&P delivered 39 cows and goats to villages in Aceh. The APPSI Sumatra Utara market merchants received a presidentially donated cow, while Gerindra’s East Java wing supplied 226 cows and 345 goats to mosques and pesantren. PLN’s corporate CSR effort distributed more than 2,000 animals to over 200,000 beneficiaries nationwide. Pegadaian’s Rohis unit provided 4,500 meat packages, and university UPGRIS in Semarang slaughtered seven cows and four goats for local charities.

These actions reached hundreds of thousands of citizens, reinforcing social solidarity during the holiday. The large‑scale use of public funds has sparked political debate, with some critics questioning the appropriateness of state‑budget‑financed religious donations, while supporters cite precedent and the charitable intent of the program.