Presidential Candidate Debate: Prabowo Affirms Indonesia Needs Strong Defense

Prabowo Subianto emphasized in the third presidential candidate debate that Indonesia needs strong defense. (Doc. VOI)

Presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia must be determined to have a strong national defense in order to maintain its wealth, so that it can become a prosperous and prosperous country.

"We are determined to have a strong defense," Prabowo said in the third debate of the Indonesian KPU at Istora Senayan, Jakarta as quoted by Antara, Sunday night.

According to Prabowo, defense is an important thing to protect the entire nation and all of Indonesia's bloodshed. This, he said, was listed as the basis of the state in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD 1945).

"We return to our basis, the national goals listed in our Constitution and the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution, are very firm that our first national goal is to protect the entire Indonesian nation and all of Indonesia's bloodshed. So, the function of the first country is to protect, meaning defense," he said.

On the other hand, he said that Indonesia is a rich country. For this reason, Prabowo emphasized that state assets need to be maintained and managed so that people can live, have decent jobs, and the wealth of the state is no longer taken by foreigners.

"We understand that our country is very large, very rich, hundreds of years from afar to come to this archipelago, for intervention, to interfere, to fight against each other and to steal our wealth, until we are independent, we must also face our natural wealth. taken cheaply," said Prabowo.