JAKARTA - Secretary of State Minister Prasetyo Hadi explained the reason why President Prabowo Subianto absented himself from the general chairmen of political parties that were included in the coalition supporting the government during the retreat at the Garuda Yaksa Training Center, Hambalang.
Most of the chairmen of political parties that are part of the current coalition fill the Red and White Cabinet seats of the Prabowo-Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka government.
The line-up of party chairmen who filled the ministerial seats was the General Chairman of the Golkar Party, Bahlil Lahadalia, as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, the General Chairman of PAN, Zulkifli Hasan, as Minister of Coordinating for Food, the General Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, as Minister of Coordinating for Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Then the Chairman of the PKB Muhaimin Iskandar as Coordinating Minister for People's Empowerment, Chairman of the PRIMA Agus Jabo Priyono as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs, and Chairman of the Gelora Party Anis Matta as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
"That is part of what he (President Prabowo, ed.) wants us all to be part of the Red and White Coalition which consists of a combination of political parties, both those who have seats in parliament and those who do not have seats in parliament. We want to show that we must be a solid coalition, because unity is needed, cooperation is needed to be able to achieve all the programs that have been announced by the government," said Prasetyo Hadi when answering a journalist's question at a press conference reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 6.
At the opening session of the retreat, namely when delivering the Initial Briefing for 2026, President Prabowo briefly mentioned the existence of the general chairman-general chairman of the coalition parties supporting his government.
"All the party chairmen are here, right? There are," said the President.
"Here our coalition is strong," said the President.
Then, the President continued to joke when asking about the whereabouts of the Chairman of the PKB Muhaimin Iskandar. "Is the PKB Chairman there? Oh, like Pak PKB who must be constantly watched," said Prabowo.
PKB, before joining the coalition of supporting parties to the government, had competed with Prabowo in the 2024 presidential election.
Prabowo, who is paired with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, when the 2024 presidential election faces the pair of Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, then the pair of Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD.
The Anies-Muhaimin pair was then carried by PKB, PKS, and the NasDem Party.
However, after the presidential election which was won by the Prabowo-Gibran pair, PKB, PKS, and NasDem expressed their support for President Prabowo's government.
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