Prabowo: If The Subordinates Are Wet, The Leaders Must Be Wet

President Prabowo Subianto/ANTARA PHOTO/Muhammad Adimaja/agr

MAGELANG - Presiden Prabowo Subianto mengatakan bahwa pemimpin harus menjadi contoh yang baik untuk jajaran di bawahnya sesuai dengan asas kepemimpinan bangsa,ing ngarsa tuladha.

If the subordinates are wet, the leader must be wet. If the subordinates are hot, the leader must get hot. If the subordinates are hungry, the leader must feel hungry too. That is the principle of our leadership," said the President at the Military Academy (Akmil), Magelang City, Central Java, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, October 25.

Prabowo gave an example that the leadership principles were also applied by Indonesian soldiers.

"I've heard that when a one-star general died in the area of operation, some asked why a Brigadier General was in the area of operation in front of him? Because our tradition is a danger that his subordinates carry, his superiors must also bear it," he said.

"Leaders are always in the most dangerous places. Leaders must be in the midst of subordinates," he said.

Therefore, Prabowo invited his staff in the Red and White Cabinet to get wet when the cadets and cadets participated in the Senja Parade when it rained.

"We are proud of all of you. Your appearance earlier, I saw you wet, I also invited the generals to get wet," he said.

The Senja Parade Ceremony agenda took place at Pancasila Square, Akmil, involving 1,200 troops from the Army Academy Cadets, Navy, Air Force, and Police.

They still looked stunning in demonstrating the defile in the midst of the heavy rain situation that flushed the ceremonial field about 1.5 hours from 17.30 WIB.