<![CDATA[This article critically examines food looting during disasters as an early indicator of failure in emergency public procurement policy. Drawing on Indonesia’s disaster management legal framework and public procurement governance, the study analyzes the mechanism for declaring disaster emergency status under Law No. 24 of 2007 and Government Regulation No. 21 of 2008. Using a juridical-normative and public policy analysis approach, the article demonstrates that the absence of fixed quantitative thresholds in declaring national disaster status necessitates timely policy discretion. Empirical and normative analysis shows that delays in declaring emergency status directly impede the activation of emergency food procurement, logistics, and funding, thereby exacerbating hunger and social instability. Based on the author’s doctoral research, the article argues that national disaster status functions as a preventive policy instrument rather than a symbol of state failure.]]>
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