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‘We Must Be in Sync’: Prabowo Takes His Ministers to Go on Marching Drills

Ichsan Ali
October 25, 2024 | 10:02 am
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President Prabowo Subianto and his ministers don military uniforms as they go on marching drills at the Magelang military academy on Oct. 25, 2024. (Photo Courtesy of Presidential Communication Office)
President Prabowo Subianto and his ministers don military uniforms as they go on marching drills at the Magelang military academy on Oct. 25, 2024. (Photo Courtesy of Presidential Communication Office)

Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto is taking members of the newly established Red and White Cabinet to the Magelang military academy for a three-day exercise that he says will build the ministers’ teamwork.

The ministers -- alongside their deputies, government agency heads, and other key officials --  had military-style synchronized walking exercises on Friday morning. According to Prabowo, the training will encourage them to work in sync. Just like in football, all cabinet members need to work hard to march towards the same goal.

“[Members of the] government must not work in silos, but they should work as a team,” Prabowo said.

The former army general added: “The Red and White Cabinet needs to realize that they are also competing with other countries.”

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Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said that the marching exercises only had six drill commands, which were commonly used at ministerial ceremonies. All participants donned military uniforms during the exercises.

Prabowo is scheduled to brief the cabinet members, among others, on corruption prevention later that day. Prabowo officially took over as Indonesia’s president over the weekend and inaugurated a cabinet comprising over 100 members. The Magelang retreat will go on until Sunday.

‘We Must Be in Sync’: Prabowo Takes His Ministers to Go on Marching Drills
State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir waves to the camera as he enters the Magelang Military Academy for the retreat with President Prabowo Subianto on Oct. 24, 2024. (Antara Photo/Muhammad Adimaja)

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