JAKARTA - The clock hands just passed seven o'clock on Saturday (11/7/2026), but the atmosphere around the State Palace complex suddenly changed. In the middle of a normally quiet weekend, the Palace gate was wide open to welcome a row of black vehicles with tight escort.
That night, President Prabowo Subianto called a number of the most influential people in Indonesia's defense, security, and legal lines.
One by one, the country's leaders approached. Starting from Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, to the Attorney General ST Burhanuddin. Not to forget, key figures such as Deputy Commander of the TNI Tandyo Budi Revita, BIN Head Muhammad Herindra, and Head of Bappisus Aries Marsudiyanto were also present to meet the President's sudden call.
The meeting behind the solid walls of the Palace lasted a marathon and was closed off from the media.
The Sound of the Guard Machine in the Middle of the Night
Time continued to roll until past midnight. It was only at 22.10 WIB, the silence of the night was broken by the roar of the car engine that began to leave the area of the Merdeka Palace.
Monitoring at the location showed a procession of vehicles leaving through the front and back doors of the Palace. It was seen that the special license plate 'ZZH' service car - which is usually used by high officials - and the TNI license plate service vehicle moved through the night, closely guarded by motorized troops who were on standby.
The departure of these officials who seemed to be in a hurry left a big question mark for the public who watched from outside the Palace fence.
Speculation behind the emergency meeting.
Saturday night's meeting is clearly not a regular agenda. Inevitably, the public immediately associated this sudden summons with the political-security situation that has been heating up lately.
The strong suspicion points to the issue of tension between two giant law enforcement institutions: the Indonesian National Police and the Attorney General's Office. This speculation heated up after the police had previously raided a number of locations that were believed to have close ties to the senior members of the Adhyaksa Corps.
Is President Prabowo intervening directly to stop the "friction" between these institutions? Or is there another strategic defense agenda that is much more urgent?
Until this writing was lowered, the Palace still chose to lock the information meeting. There has been no official statement about what exactly the President and his generals were discussing on that tense Sunday night. But one thing is for sure, that night the Palace did not want to rest.
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