From office lights switched off to out-of-service lifts, Indonesian civil servants are feeling the pinch after President Prabowo Subianto ordered sweeping budget cuts across government that he said will fund his big-ticket campaign pledges.

The week-long protest is driven by popular discontent with President Prabowo Subianto's drastic and inconsistent budget austerity measures.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto revealed the government's plan to save the budget up to Rp 750 trillion through three stages of trimming.

Students rallied in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities on Thursday to protest President Prabowo Subianto’s state budget revamp that has threatened contractual workers’ jobs, rolled back scholarships and dimmed lighting at government offices.

The fund’s immediate priority would be kickstarting 15 multibillion-dollar megaprojects without tapping external financing, according to the President, such as renewable energy, advanced manufacturing,

Thousands of Indonesian students have taken to the streets to protest budget cuts by the Prabowo administration. While the government says the cuts are intended to mitigate wasteful spending and fund a free meals program,