Speech On National Veterans Day, Prabowo Subianto Calls Solo Giving Birth To Many Great Leaders

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the National Veterans Day event in Solo, Thursday (10/8/2023). ANTARA/HO-Humas UNS

Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto said the City of Solo gave birth to many great leaders, both since the colonial era until now. "There is something interesting, when Solo was an offensive attack on the four-day and four-night battle in August 1949, the Dutch commander came to negotiate with the Commander of the Brigade from Indonesia (National Hero Slamet Riyadi, ed.). This is the highest-ranking officer in Solo Raya," Prabowo said while giving a speech on National Veterans Day (Harvetnas) at UNS Solo, quoted from Antara, Thursday, August 10. At the age of 22 years, Slamet Riyadi was able to lead the last offensive attack from Indonesia to prove that the red and white are in power in the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. "What does it mean, it means that our fathers were very young at that time but had a big sense of responsibility, big leadership," he said. In addition, the role of young people cannot be separated from the preparation of the Youth Pledge script in October 1928. "That is one of the initial milestones of our struggle, also declared and compiled by young people. This is our history, this is a lesson for all of us. Young leaders are not necessarily impossible," he said. Meanwhile, after filling out the Prabowo event, he gave information to journalists regarding leaders at a young age. "It was Slamet Riyadi when he dreamed of a 22 year old struggle, he could face face each other in front. Not age, important soul," he said.

As is known, a number of parties hope that Prabowo will pair up with Gibran to run for the 2024 Presidential Election. However, currently Gibran is hampered by the rules for limiting the age of presidential and vice-presidential candidates to a minimum of 40 years in the Election Law.