JAKARTA - Senior Golkar Party politician and Chairman of the Indonesian National Economic Council, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan responded to the news of a meeting between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo in Kertanegara, South Jakarta on Saturday, October 4. Luhut considered the meeting between the two of them good because it indicated that the leaders of the state were joking with each other.
"It's good, if the president and the former president meet, the leader is good," said Luhut after attending the celebration of the TNI's 80th Anniversary at Monas, Jakarta, Sunday, October 5.
However, Luhut admitted that he did not know the contents of the discussion at the meeting. He only hopes that President Prabowo and Jokowi will remain united.
"Oh I don't know, but I think they are both leaders, leaders and former leaders they are talking about, right, so we pray that everything is compact," he said.
Luhut also said that the meeting between the two indicated a good sign in the midst of the issue of the rift in Prabowo and Jokowi's relationship.
"Yes, good news," he said.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto gathered a number of figures after meeting with the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo in Kertanegara, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Saturday, October 4, afternoon. One of the figures present at the meeting was the Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.
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"Yes, after from Kertanegara, this is a gathering of figures, figures who have services to the nation and state," said Sjafrie, Saturday, October 4.
He explained that the meeting took place from 13.00 WIB to 15.00 WB. However, Syarif did not explain further the contents of the second meeting.
He only said that Prabowo gave directions to the figures who were present at the meeting.
"The directive is that we continue to unite, the TNI is the people's army, and the people are the TNI's," he said.
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