Prabowo's Warm Moment With Megawati, Try Sutrisno, And Sinta Wahid At The State Palace

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto meets Megawati Soekarnoputri/BPMI Setpres

JAKARTA - Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto attended the ceremony of the 77th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. During that moment, Prabowo met face to face with several national figures.

One of them is the fifth President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri. Prabowo, who on that occasion wore an ivory white Betawi beskap with a songket as a subordinate and wore a cap, bowed while greeting Megawati.

Megawati wears a white kebaya, with a red scarf and fabric bottoms with shades of red and green. Prabowo and Megawati were seen smiling at each other and laughing while chatting.

Prabowo, who was present with his son, Didit Hediprasetyo, also met face-to-face with TNI General Try Sutrisno, Indonesia's sixth Vice President. Try Sutrisno wore a black beskap and a black and yellow cap with green-brown fabric as a bottom.

The two are seen holding hands while conversing.

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Prabowo also briefly interacted with Sinta Nuriyah or Sinta Wahid, the fourth First Lady, the wife of the fourth president of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur. Prabowo is seen sitting on his knees conversing with Sinta, who is wearing a red kebaya, pink scarf and brown batik cloth.

Shinta came with Sinta and Gus Dur's second child, Yenny Wahid, who also wore a red kebaya and veil with white accents and brown batik cloth.

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The ceremony at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta began with a cultural carnival. then, 68 Paskibraka people raised the red and white flag.

After that, the TNI and Polri held a flypast air attraction. Dozens of fighter jets and helicopters flew over the palace.