Jokowi-Prabowo Activities After Inaugurating Graha Akmil Magelang: Eating Meatballs Drinking Young Coconut

Screenshots - President Joko Widodo ate meatballs with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto in Magelang, Central Java, Monday (29/1/2024). BETWEEN/Rangga Pandu

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo invited Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto to eat at a meatball stall in Bandongan, Magelang, Central Java, after inaugurating Graha Utama of the Magelang Military Academy. "Yes, this was earlier, I just inaugurated Graha Utama with Pak Prabowo at the Magelang Military Academy, after that, eating meatballs, already," Jokowi said after eating meatballs with Prabowo, as recorded by a voice received in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, January 29. Based on the photos and videos circulating, President Jokowi and Prabowo ate at the Pak Sholeh Meatball shop, in the Bandongan area, Magelang with orders for tea drinks to young coconuts. The President invited Prabowo, who is also the General Chair of the Gerindra Party as well as presidential candidate number 2, to eat meatballs because the meatballs there are delicious. The two of them ate while witnessed by the surrounding community. Jokowi and Prabowo admitted to talking about meatballs, young coconuts to fried tofu. "Eat meatballs, the meatballs are good, that's all. Chatting meatballs, chatting young coconuts, chatting tofu and fried, that's it," he explained. When asked why he often invited the general chairman of political parties to eat together, Jokowi replied because eating is a good activity. "Yes, eating is good," he said.

Meanwhile, Prabowo admitted that the meatballs he ate were very delicious. "Pak Jokowi knows where to eat well, everywhere he already knows," said Prabowo.