Jakarta — The President of the Republic of Indonesia emphasized the government’s strong commitment to environmental preservation through the planned launch of the Indonesia ASRI Movement, an acronym for safe, healthy, clean, and beautiful.
This affirmation was conveyed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, in a press conference at the 2026 National Coordination Meeting of the Central and Regional Governments. In the forum, the President emphasized that the national waste problem must be handled seriously and in an integrated manner, involving all levels of government and active community participation.
The planned launch of the ASRI Indonesia Movement is said to be a concrete step to create a clean and orderly environment as part of the national discipline of maintaining shared living spaces.
“I asked what clean means? It means clean, orderly, and so on. This is just a name, but in practice, all government agencies must lead the cleanup. Schoolchildren are fine. In the morning, it takes 10 minutes, 15 minutes, half an hour. If there are hundreds of thousands, that’s fast,” said the President.
The Indonesia ASRI Movement is designed as a comprehensive approach to improving residential environments, from urban to rural areas, to make them more orderly, clean, and livable. Through this movement, the government encourages a shift in public mindset and behavior toward the environment, from a reactive to a preventative and sustainable approach.
The launch of the ASRI Indonesia Movement also reflects national awareness of increasingly complex environmental challenges, ranging from household waste, sanitation, water and air pollution, to the decline in the quality of green open spaces.
The government believes that these problems cannot be resolved sectorally or in a short period of time, but rather require collaboration across ministries and institutions, regional governments, the business world, and the direct involvement of the community as the main actors of change.
This initiative is an important sign that the national development agenda is not only focused on economic growth and infrastructure, but also on environmental sustainability and the quality of living space for people throughout Indonesia.
Support for the launch of this movement also came from parliament. Meitri Citra Wardani, a member of Commission XII of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), expressed her readiness to carry out oversight functions to ensure that the implementation of the Indonesia ASRI Movement aligns with established national goals. She believes this movement has great potential to become a meeting point between environmental policy and broader community empowerment.
“The Indonesia ASRI Movement is not just a routine cleanup or community service activity. This is a golden opportunity to align the Ministry of Environment’s community empowerment program with the President’s ambitious targets. We must ensure this clean culture is supported by adequate waste management infrastructure at the grassroots level,” said Meitri.