Prabowo Denies Bringing His Cabinet To Tidar Valley For The Form Of A Military Government

Presiden Prabowo Subianto/DOK SPECIMEWA

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto emphasized that the briefing of the ranks of the Red and White Cabinet in Tidar Valley, Military Academy (Akmil) Magelang, Central Java is not aimed at building a militaristic government. This activity, he said, aims to harmonize discipline and loyalty to the nation and state.

"I don't mean to make you militaristic, wrong, that's not it," Prabowo said while giving a briefing to the ranks of the Red and White Cabinet quoted from a written statement, Friday, October 25.

Prabowo said this activity adapts The Military Way' which has been carried out a lot, including in companies. He also guaranteed that his cabinet was not asked to obey himself as president in this envelope.

"Certainty really asks you to be loyal to Prabowo, (other than, red) loyal to the Indonesian nation and state," said the former Minister of Defense (Menhan).

Prabowo conveyed a number of important things to his staff. These include the focus and commitment of ministries and institutions to work to alleviate poverty, free nutritious food, eradicating corruption, and self-sufficiency in food to self-sufficiency in energy.

"I am here to take the oath to defend the nation and state, to be loyal to our nation and state," he said.

Closing his briefing, Prabowo together with the ranks of the Minister and Deputy Minister compactly took pictures together while shouting chants.

'Red and White!', said President Prabowo with the Minister and Deputy Minister.

The ministers who attended on the occasion wore white shirts and black pants. They were gathered in the middle of the Borobudur Golf area.