Rising prices, job difficulties and law enforcement emerge as major reported pressures.
A new evaluation of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s second year in office has highlighted significant dissatisfaction among surveyed respondents, while its non-probability methodology means the findings should not automatically be treated as representative of all Indonesians.
75 Percent Report Stress From Policies
A survey by the Center of Economic and Law Studies, or CELIOS, together with Kabinet Bayangan, found that 75 percent of respondents reported feeling stressed because of government policies. CELIOS Executive Director Bhima Yudhistira presented the findings during the launch of the organization’s two-year evaluation of the Prabowo-Gibran administration on October 11. Another 67 percent of respondents reported feeling stressed by Prabowo’s behavior, according to the survey.
Prices, Jobs and Law Enforcement Lead Concerns
Bhima said three issues were most commonly associated with the pressure reported by respondents: rising prices of basic necessities, difficulty finding employment and law enforcement. CELIOS presented the findings as perceptions of how government policies and conditions affecting everyday life were being experienced by participants in the survey.
Survey Used Non-Probability Sampling
The public survey was conducted from September 15 to October 9, 2026, with Pontianak Post reporting 1,142 respondents. Participants were recruited using non-probability sampling through Meta Ads, followed by weighting intended to adjust the sample composition toward population characteristics used by the researchers. Because participants were not selected through probability-based random sampling, the 75 percent figure is best understood as a finding among the survey respondents rather than a direct estimate for Indonesia’s entire population.
Expert Group Also Raises Concerns
CELIOS separately surveyed 129 expert respondents using snowball sampling. Among them, 71 percent assessed Prabowo’s leadership capacity as inadequate, while 83 percent said they were very concerned and another 10 percent concerned about his leadership style and public communication. These percentages represent assessments from the selected expert group and should be distinguished from the responses of the general-public survey.
Findings Released Ahead of Two-Year Mark
The findings were presented ahead of the October 20, 2026, second anniversary of the Prabowo-Gibran administration. The CELIOS evaluation examined public perceptions, government performance and leadership during the administration’s first two years. Neither of the two cited news reports includes a substantive government response to the survey findings.
The CELIOS findings point to significant concern among the people who participated in the survey, particularly over living costs, employment and law enforcement. For Indonesians, the results add another data point to evaluations of the government approaching its second anniversary, although the sampling method is important when interpreting how broadly the figures apply. For Singaporeans following developments in Indonesia, the survey offers insight into domestic public sentiment in Southeast Asia’s largest economy without establishing that the reported views are shared by all Indonesians.
Sources: EN Tempo (2026) , Pontianak Post (2026)
Keywords: Indonesia Government Survey, CELIOS Survey 2026, Prabowo Gibran Evaluation, Indonesian Public Sentiment, Government Policy Stress, Indonesia Economy
