Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, known as AHY, said the Democratic Party can be counted on by President Prabowo Subianto, stating that the party works with loyalty, according to detikNews. The remarks came in a speech reported on Thursday, 10 September 2026.
Kompas.com covered the same address under the framing of AHY's speech and what it described as the art of disagreeing. Prabowo has thanked AHY for his criticism, Kompas.id reported, raising the question of whether the Democrats have gained a larger platform as a result.
In the speech, AHY also delivered a message to party cadres, telling them not to be inheritors of history but to become its makers, Kompas.tv reported.
Separately, political analyst Adi Prayitno said AHY's statement that there is a time limit on power applies to everyone, according to SINDOnews Nasional. The comment points to an ongoing public discussion in Indonesia about how long those in office should serve.
Taken together, the coverage shows a governing ally offering both support and critique in the same breath — a combination that has drawn attention from several Indonesian outlets. AHY's loyalty message and his remarks on limits to power sit alongside each other in the reporting, with each outlet choosing a different angle on the same event.
What to watch next is whether the Democrats translate the attention into a more visible role in Prabowo's coalition, and how the president's camp responds to the term-limit discussion AHY's remarks have prompted.
