No Regret Joining The Government, Prabowo Wants To Have Ministers Like Jokowi's Cabinet

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto again recalled his decision to join the government of President Joko Widodo. Prabowo emphasized that his decision to join the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet was not wrong and there is nothing to regret.

"We are on the right track, we are heading for what we have to achieve. And brothers and sisters, it is true that we are a rich country, but how do we manage, how do we manage that wealth. Alhamdulillah, we see this is proof that my decision to join President Joko Widodo, it turns out that my decision was not wrong," Prabowo said during his remarks at the PPAD 2022 National Gathering, Friday, August 5.

In fact, Prabowo continued, at that time he was ridiculed by many parties for joining Jokowi. However, the General Chair of the Gerindra Party prefers to ignore the ridicule.

"In the past, many mocked me, but no, this is the proof. This is the proof, we admit that this government has many shortcomings, but this is the result that we have achieved together. And I believe Mr. Luhut, I believe that even President Jokowi, we must not be satisfied with this success," said Prabowo.

"But we shouldn't always hit our own friends. We sometimes see what it is, the football team has been fighting in front of the dead, he made a few mistakes, everything is blasphemous," he continued. the predecessor leader.

"So, brothers and sisters, the point is that we believe the development strategy carried out by our predecessors is correct, the development strategy being carried out now by Joko Widodo's government will even accelerate the development of our nation," added Prabowo.

Prabowo then expressed his desire to have a line of ministers like Jokowi. If in the 2019 election and then elected as president.

"So when I entered the cabinet, Pak Luhut was my witness, and several ministers, when I entered the cabinet I saw, I saw that the first day I entered the cabinet I said, 'Bang, if I were president yesterday, the format is almost the same as this'," said Prabowo.

Prabowo also confirmed that he would involve the best Indonesian sons and daughters to work together to build Indonesia. Besides, he also wouldn't see their background if he had good skills.

"So indeed, if it is in the national interest, we must look for the best sons and daughters of the entire Indonesian nation. Don't look at the background, don't look at ethnicity, religion, race, what, don't look at whose child, don't see what happened first. We used to have a lot of differences, we used to have a lot of differences, but for one red and white we must become one," Prabowo said.

On that occasion, Prabowo also expressed his admiration for the figure of Jokowi. According to him, Jokowi is Indonesia's most hard-working leader.

"I am, you know, I am Mr. Jokowi's opponent, twice. But after I entered the cabinet, I am his subordinate, I am a witness, I see he is one of the hardest working Indonesian leaders," he said.

Prabowo assesses that Jokowi's energy is not like his small physique. Jokowi, he said, was never tired in working for Indonesia.

"I don't know where his energy is, he's so skinny, but maybe because he's thin, he's energetic, he never stops. When I came to the Palace, he had three meetings before I came. So, one of the people I have looked up to is him, he managed to put together a great team," he said.