The political and economic fortunes of Indonesia’s food parastatal, Bulog, have swayed amid the country’s fluid democracy. Nominal reforms to realize the agency’s autonomy have failed to keep powerholders from exploiting Bulog, signaling continuity with the New Order (1967-98). This chapter examines the post-Soeharto import regime via the wider context of political elite control in order to fund political party activities, which began under the abbreviated yet democratic presidencies of B. J. Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid. President Megawati Soekarnoputri binged on rice imports to benefit her political allies financially before drastically cutting imports to bolster her pro-farmer image before presidential elections. Her successor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, did likewise, but in reverse order. President Widodo sought to bypass the corruption-plagued Bulog in managing some of his anti-poverty programs to improve their efficiency. Jokowi also turned to the army to enhance food security via rice production through the building of massive army-directed food estates in the country’s outer islands.