West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi has explained his absence from the\n2026 national co-ordination meeting of the Regional Financial Access\nAcceleration Teams (TPAKD), after President Prabowo Subianto briefly\ndrew attention to it. Dedi said he was dealing with a fire on Mount\nCiremai at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, you\u2019re talking about me, aren\u2019t you? The President asked for\nme during the briefing and I wasn\u2019t there. I explained that handling the\nfire on Ciremai was a priority, as recommended by the State Secretary,\nand I had also reported it to the Cabinet Secretary,\u201d Dedi Mulyadi said\nin a video statement on his official Instagram account, viewed on Friday\n(23 October 2026).<\/p>\n
He said efforts to tackle the fire on Ciremai were going well, adding\nthat the flames had not spread into the forest and had been\ncontained.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have reported that the forest fire on Ciremai is being handled\nwell. First, the fire is no longer spreading into the forest; it has\nbeen contained. We have co-ordinated our response. When I went to\nCiremai yesterday, I called the Deputy Defence Minister, who had\nco-ordinated with all the relevant personnel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dedi said he had also co-ordinated with the Commander of the\nIndonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the Chief of Staff of the Air\nForce. Helicopters would be deployed from Bogor for water-bombing\noperations, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night I co-ordinated with the TNI commander and the Air Force\nchief, and today helicopters will be sent from Bogor: one to Kertajati\nand two to Sukani Air Base in Majalengka. From there, they will conduct\nwater-bombing operations to put out the fire and prevent it from\nspreading further,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He said that, from that day, a joint team of 1,000 residents, TNI and\npolice personnel, and volunteers would also make use of channels to\nfight the fire on Ciremai. Dedi said he hoped the fire would not spread\nfurther.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecond, today we have mobilised 1,000 residents, TNI and police\npersonnel, and volunteers to use the channels as part of a comprehensive\nresponse to the fire. If the channels are properly established and the\nnatural channels optimised, future fires will not spread everywhere,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Prabowo asks where KDM is<\/p>\n
President Prabowo Subianto called the names of governors and deputy\ngovernors attending the 2026 TPAKD national co-ordination meeting. He\nasked for absent governors to be noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo show respect to the governors who are here, I\u2019d like to read out\nthe names of the governors and deputy governors in attendance. This is\nimportant so their constituents know, although those who are absent have\na lot of work to do. I apologise to the regents, as 230 are here. If I\nread out each of your names, the organisers would be angry with me,\u201d\nPrabowo said at JIExpo Kemayoran in Jakarta on Thursday (22 October\n2026).<\/p>\n
Prabowo then asked about Dedi, who was absent while represented by\nhis deputy. He remarked that Dedi\u2019s province was closest to the event\nvenue, yet he had not attended.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere\u2019s KDM? The one who lives closest isn\u2019t here. He must be busy,\u201d\nPrabowo said.<\/p>\n
Prabowo then called out East Kalimantan Deputy Governor Seno Aji, who\ndid not respond when called despite being on the attendance list.\nPrabowo asked for the matter to be recorded and for his travel expenses\nto be returned.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood grief, make a note of this. The travel allowance must be\nreturned,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dedi-mulyadi-explains-why-prabowo-asked-for-him-after-missing-tpakd-national-meeting-1792738421", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }