JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and Chairman of the Golkar Party Bahlil Lahadalia denied rumors of disharmony with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka after he was not greeted during the Operational Troops and Military Honors Ceremony on Sunday (August 10).
Bahlil's statement was related to a live broadcast of the Operational Troops and Military Honors Ceremony at the Indonesian Army's Kopassus Training Center in Batujajar, West Bandung Regency, West Java, on Sunday (August 10). Gibran did not greet Bahlil upon his arrival.
"The picture was taken incorrectly. My men were on the same train as Mr. Gibran," Bahlil said while addressing the media at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday, August 11, as reported by ANTARA.
Bahlil also confirmed that he took the same "Whoosh" high-speed train as Gibran on the way to Jatijajar and on the way back to Jakarta.
The former Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) also revealed that he sat next to Gibran on the train.
"I arrived on the same train as the Vice President, and we even sat next to each other on the same train. Why is there always such low-quality news?" Bahlil said.
Bahlil also denied that there was any discussion about the dynamics within Golkar's organizational structure with President Prabowo.
"There wasn't any (discussion). What was the matter?" Bahlil replied curtly.
As previously reported, President Prabowo presided over the Operational Troops and Military Honors Ceremony in Batujajar, West Java, on Sunday (August 10th), accompanied by Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. He then shook hands with TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto, MPR Speaker Ahmad Muzani, DPR Speaker Puan Maharani, and DPD Speaker Sultan Bachtiar.
During the same ceremony, President Prabowo inaugurated Air Marshal Yusuf Jauhari as Head of the Defense Logistics Agency of the Ministry of Defense, Vice Admiral Supo Dwi Antara as Head of the Defense Maintenance and Upkeep Agency of the Ministry of Defense, and Lieutenant General Gabriel Lema as Head of the National Reserve Agency of the Ministry of Defense.
Following the ceremony, President Prabowo, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and members of the Red and White Cabinet, fully clad in camouflage uniforms and berets, witnessed a demonstration of the capabilities of the combined forces of the three branches of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), and a parade of all three branches of the TNI.
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