Utus Jokowi Ke Vatican, Prabowo Wants To Solve Two Problems

President Prabowo Subianto's envoy, the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo while attending Pope Francis' funeral at the Vatican on Saturday 26 April 2025. (Doc. Syarif Fitriansyah)

JAKARTA - Executive Director of Trias Politica, Agung Baskoro, assessed that the decision to send the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to the Vatican shows that President Prabowo Subianto wants to resolve two issues or issues that have recently been in the public spotlight.

The two issues are issues related to the existence of 'Twin sun' and personal relationships between Prabowo and Jokowi.

"First, the personal relationship between Pak Jokowi and Pak Prabowo is fine, regardless of the strengthening of the twin solar issue. The two of Pak Jokowi's departures to the Vatican also suppressed the twin solar issue, so that in Indonesia there is only one sun, namely President Prabowo," he said, Sunday, April 27, 2025.

According to him, with Jokowi's departure to the Vatican, Prabowo seemed to want to give an explanation that he was the only commander-in-chief with a central role as head of government and head of state who had the authority to send anyone including the predecessor president.

"We cannot turn a blind eye to political considerations where the issue of twin suns is now getting stronger and needs to be overcome or reduced so that it does not have a side effect on Pak Prabowo's government in the future," added Agung.

As is known, the twin solar issue broke out after a number of ministers in the Red and White Cabinet visited Jokowi's residence in Solo, Central Java. Some of the ministers who attended even called Jokowi his boss'. The ministers who met Jokowi included the Minister of KKP, Wahyu Sakti Trenggono, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, to Bahlil Lahadalia as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Then, Prabowo through the Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment and Chairman of PKB Muhaimin Iskandar advised all ministers to close ranks. Not long after, Prabowo sent Jokowi along with Ignasius Jonan, Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai and Deputy Minister of Finance Thomas Djiwando to represent Indonesia to attend the funeral of the leader of the Catholics, Pope Francis in Rome, Italy.