I repply in this thread.
Anything possible
@Sandhi Yudha especially this election year. We know mother bull (Mak Banteng) party is full of those who like Non West originate Defense Assets.
There's 'whisper' in some corner of 'finance guys' places (Taman Suropati and Lapangan Banteng) on the complaint of certain political factions that current MinDef Procurement is too Western, and they should be more balance.
Thus asside budget line, there seems some lobby from that political corner to keep some portion of Procurement toward Chinese or even Russian originate assets.
Will see how this bargain goes, but some talks on dropping FREMM and use the budget for more Arrowhead 140 and Chinese Vessels is seems there. We also potentially see budget for FREMM will be sideline for Japanese Frigates projects with PAL.
Politics compromise matter more in Indonesian Procurement procesd especially after Soeharto era.