Prabowo Talks About Political Matters During Lunch With Jokowi At The Palace

Capture the screens-President Joko Widodo gave a press statement after reviewing the Freeport Gresik Smelter, East Java/Youtube Presidential Secretariat

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo admitted that he invited Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto to have lunch on Sunday (18/6) because Prabowo wanted to meet to convey important things.

"Yesterday, because Pak Prabowo wanted to meet and wanted to convey something important, yes, on Sunday I didn't think I was sleeping on Sunday," said President Jokowi after reviewing the Freeport Gresik smelter, East Java, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 20.

According to the President, lunch with the ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet, including Defense Minister Prabowo, is a common thing, both Monday to Friday and Saturday and Sunday.

Apart from Defense Minister Prabowo, President Jokowi has also invited a lunch with the Governor of Central Java who is also a presidential candidate from the PDI-P Ganjar Pranowo, SOE Minister Erick Thohir, and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

It's just that, he continued, the moment of lunch with these officials was not uploaded on social media.

The President received Prabowo's arrival on Sunday at 13.00 WIB so that it coincided with lunch.

Jokowi also did not deny that politics was the main thing discussed with Prabowo.

"Yes, especially politics, I can't say what it is," said the President.

Previously, Defense Minister Prabowo uploaded a moment of eating lunch with President Jokowi through his official Instagram account, @prabowo, Sunday (18/6) night.

"Bogor Palace," reads Prabowo's short upload, embedding two photos of himself having lunch with President Jokowi.

The post of Prabowo's lunch with Jokowi appeared moments after a meeting between the Chairman of the PDI-P DPP Puan Maharani and the Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono at the Gelora Bung Karno complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday (18/6) afternoon.