Accompanied By Emil Dardak To Madura, Prabowo Alludes To Young Leaders: The Important Thing Is Loyalty

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto And Deputy Governor Of East Java Emil Dardak/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

BANGKALAN - Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto mentioned the young leaders when inaugurating the bore well at Al Anwar Islamic Boarding School, Bangkalan, Madura, East Java.

He mentioned this when joking with the Deputy Governor of East Java Emil Dardak who accompanied him in Madura.

Prabowo initially asked Emil's age when he ran for Deputy Governor of East Java. He considered that age is not an important problem to be loyal to the nation and state.

"Mr. Emil, when you were Deputy Governor, how old were you? 34? How old are you now? 39, huh? Wow, don't ask my age, huh. Anyway, I'm a little above Mr. Emil," Prabowo said with a laugh, Tuesday, January 23.

Prabowo then said that many young leaders had emerged. According to him, this is a sign of a transition that has gone well.

"Now many young leaders have emerged. That's right. The important thing is to be loyal and serve and love the Indonesian people," said Prabowo.

Responding to this, Emil then thanked him for his message and the contribution of Defense Minister Prabowo and Defense University to the construction of drilling water wells in the East Java region, especially Madura.

The most important element that we have to present in society is of course water. Without water as a source of life is difficult to form a strong human being. Thank you to whom? Thank you," said Emil.

Based on data in 2023, Emil explained, there are 53 water-prone villages in Bangkalan Regency, 75 villages in Sampang Regency, 82 villages in Pamekasan, and 42 villages in Sumenep.

"The program from the Ministry of Defense through the Defense University is of course an extraordinary synergy of a country as big as Indonesia, the problem cannot be solved alone," he said

"The presence of the Ministry of Defense of course in providing water sources is an extraordinary gift for all of us. Thank you once again," said Emil.