Indonesia entered 2026 with an unusual fiscal blind spot. In the first week of the new year, the State Budget (APBN) 2026 Law had yet to be made publicly available, only appearing on the same day the Finance Ministry released its report on the 2025 APBN performance. More strikingly, Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 118/2025, which details the APBN and operationalizes the budget, has yet to surface at all.

Jakarta Special Capital Region (DKI) Governor Pramono Anung stated that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is opening investment opportunities for the development of fisheries and agriculture in South Sulawesi Province after receiving a visit from South Sulawesi Governor Andi Sudirman Sulaiman in Central Jakarta Administrative City, DKI Jakarta, on Dec. 19, 2025.

President Prabowo Subianto has entrusted Gorontalo with implementing an integrated livestock downstream industry development program. Gorontalo Governor Gusnar Ismail revealed that Prabowo's interest in Gorontalo is demonstrated by the disbursement of Rp 1.2 trillion in funding for the strategic program, which will be distributed and managed by four regency governments in Gorontalo.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) West Sulawesi Province General Section Head Chitra Dewi Said revealed during BPS West Sulawesi's Official Statistic News (BRS) press conference on Jan. 5, 2026, that exports from West Sulawesi soaring by 40.47 percent year-on-year (yoy) towards US$576.64 million during the January to November 2025 period.

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan met with Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Wang Lutong at the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta on Nov. 11, 2025. The meeting discussed cooperation in various fields and potential Chinese investment in West Papua. Mandacan was accompanied at the meeting by, among others, West Papua Regional Secretariat Development Administration Bureau Head Onasius P. Matani, West Papua Environmental Office Head Reymond R.H. Yap, and West Papua Liaison Agency Head Erix I.W. Ayatanoy.

Indonesia may face a tax revenue shortfall this year, as recent data show the country had realized only 74.62 percent of its annual tax target as of November, underscoring mounting difficulties in sustaining revenue growth amid global and domestic economic headwinds. The World Bank Group (WBG) has projected Indonesia's tax ratio, the share of tax revenue in gross domestic product (GDP), to fall to 9.4 percent in 2025, down from 10.1 percent in 2024. The downward trend is a worrying signal for future state spending, particularly as the government rolls out costly flagship programs that risk widening the fiscal deficit.

The direct election mechanism as a way of choosing political leaders could become a thing of the past in Indonesia, starting with the election of the heads of regional administrations, but it could go all the way up to the election of the head of state.