Prabowo Subianto takes a chainsaw to Indonesia’s budget

On the campaign trail last year Prabowo Subianto, a former general with a sketchy human-rights record, pledged to give every Indonesian child a free lunch. Experts predicted this would cost $28bn a year by 2029, or the equivalent of 2% of the country’s GDP. Mr Prabowo refused to say how it would be paid for. Four months after he was sworn in as president, the answer, and much of his broader agenda, are becoming clear.