This Is The Palace's Response To The 'Prabowo Gibran 2024' Hashtag At The Ministry Of Defense Social Media

Illustration. Workers paint the walls of the State Palace building, Jakarta, Wednesday 7 August 2019. (ANTARA-Wahyu P)

JAKARTA - Presidential Special Staff Coordinator Ari Dwipayana reminded all levels of ministries, state institutions and the TNI-Polri to maintain a commitment to neutrality in the midst of the 2024 Piplres competition.

The statement was made by Ari Dwipayana in response to the emergence of the hashtag '#PrabowoGibran2024' on the official social media X belonging to the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) on Sunday, January 21.

"We must realize that the current era is an era of election competition, so neutrality must be maintained from all ministries, institutions, including ASN TNI-Polri," he said, Monday, January 22, was confiscated by Antara.

Ari said President Jokowi's direction firmly stated that the neutrality of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN), TNI, Polri is important to be guarded by all ministries and institutions.

Ari ensured that there was an evaluation of the incident from the Ministry of Defense internally.

"There is an evaluation from the Ministry of Defense internally," he said when asked if there would be sanctions for them to be careless about the post.

As of Monday, January 22 afternoon, the Prabowo-Gibran hashtag in the post has been deleted accompanied by an explanation of the error to netizens.

The palace said the post '#PrabowoGibran2024' on the progress content of the TNI AU housing construction at the Skyhawk Complex, Raden Sadjad Air Base, in Natuna Regency, Natuna Islands, Sunday, January 21, was an error by the administration officer of the X Ministry of Defense's social media account.