Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya emphasized that the Indonesian government's disaster response in flood- and landslide-hit Sumatra has been a national-scale effort since it began on November 26, 2025.

This statement was made in response to several parties questioning why the national disaster status has not yet been declared by the government.

In a press conference at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta on Friday, he asserted that the government immediately mobilized national resources after the disasters struck the three provinces of Sumatra-Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

He detailed that over 50,000 personnel, including members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), the National Polic...