Coordinating Minister Airlangga Ensured That He Would Attend The 79th Anniversary Of The Republic Of Indonesia At IKN

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (Menko) Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto said that he would attend and attend the 79th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan on August 17, 2024.

"I am at IKN (August 17 ceremony)," said Airlangga to the media crew, Jakarta, Thursday, August 8.

However, Airlangga does not yet know who the ministers will attend and attend the ceremony at IKN.

"Maybe part of it, or entirely (the minister took part in the ceremony)," he explained.

Previously, the Presidential Secretariat (Setpres) began distributing invitations to the president and vice president for the previous period to community leaders to attend the agenda of the 79th Indonesian Independence Day Ceremony on August 17, 2024.

"Today, for the former, both the former president and former vice president, an invitation will be sent immediately. We also ask for confirmation of his presence," said Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of Presidential Secretariat Yusuf Permana at the Jakarta Presidential Palace complex.

Yusuf said the invitation for former heads of state in Indonesia needed to be confirmed immediately so that the Presidential Secretariat could manage their arrival plans as well as possible.

Yusuf said the invitation was also conveyed to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as the host and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, who represented the legislature.

"So, we share the invitation, invitations at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta as well as invitations at the State Palace of IKN," he said.

Yusuf said the invitation to the State Palace of IKN was conveyed to the leaders of chairmen and deputy state institutions, cabinet ministers, the TNI Commander, the National Police Chief, the chief of staff of the force, to religious leaders, community leaders, traditional leaders, and cultural figures.

Meanwhile, presidential candidates elected in the 2024 General Election Prabowo Subianto were also invited to accompany President Jokowi during the Indonesian Independence Day Ceremony at IKN.

"In IKN, we have prepared around 1,400 seats in it, but also in front of it, of course, we anticipate that the community and workers who work to build IKN will also be presented," he said.