Defense Minister Prabowo Asks TNI Soldiers Not To Be Far From Serving The People

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto reminded TNI soldiers to always serve the people. According to him, the TNI must always be close and mediate in overcoming the difficulties of the people.

This was conveyed by Prabowo following a message from President Joko Widodo when visiting Koramil 0912/Lembang in West Bandung Regency, West Java, Friday, June 16.

"I convey greetings from the President of the Republic of Indonesia, from the supreme commander, Pak Joko Widodo, conveying the government's appreciation for the work of territorial officers throughout Indonesia, as well as reminding that the territory must be very close, very close, always close to the people, always a servant of the people," he said.

In addition, the Minister of Defense said soldiers must always be united and cooperate with the police and elements of society, including local governments in order to maintain harmony and unity for the sake of the nation.

"We must be close to the government of regional heads, village heads, sub-district heads, regents, we must jointly maintain harmony, we must jointly maintain unity, we must not allow anyone to want to pit our nation and our people against each other," he said.

According to Prabowo, harmony and unity are the keys to the prosperity of the nation, so both must be optimized, especially since the Indonesian people are currently on the verge of a revival.

"Our economy is one of the strongest in the world. We are grateful that the government under the leadership of President Joko Widodo is assessed by the world, one of the governments that has succeeded in leading the fourth largest country in the world," he said.

He also said that the Indonesian people wanted calm so that the country's economic conditions would improve.

"The people want peace, coolness, so that the economy is good, so that there is prosperity, and there is prosperity for all Indonesian people," added the Minister of Defense.

On that occasion, Prabowo also gave 25 motorbikes to the ranks of village supervisors (Babinsa) in the region to strengthen territorial command as the backbone of national defense.

"Earlier I checked the distribution of Babinsa motorbikes, we really wanted to strengthen the territorial command, Korem, Kodim, Koramil, all Babinsa. We want to strengthen because our defense is the security defense of the people of the universe," he said.