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        "msgid": "sby-apologises-for-missing-independence-day-ceremony-at-palace-due-to-health-check-1786902615",
        "date": "2026-08-16 23:54:00",
        "title": "SBY Apologises for Missing Independence Day Ceremony at Palace Due to Health Check",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has apologised for being unable to attend Indonesia's 81st Independence Day celebrations as he is undergoing routine medical examinations in the United States. SBY is at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for follow-up checks after his 2021 prostate surgery, and is expected to return to Indonesia in September. He also expressed optimism about the nation's development direction following President Prabowo Subianto's state address.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesia\u2019s sixth president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), has\napologised to the Indonesian public for being unable to attend the 81st\nanniversary of Indonesia\u2019s independence in the country because he is\nundergoing medical examinations in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>SBY conveyed the apology through an Independence Day video message\nrecorded in Rochester, United States, and uploaded via the official\nInstagram account <span class=\"citation\" data-cites=\"aniyudhoyono\">@aniyudhoyono<\/span> on Sunday, 16 August\n2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my friends back home, I would like to use this good opportunity,\non this historic and joyful day for the Indonesian nation, to wish\nIndonesia a happy anniversary,\u201d SBY said.<\/p>\n<p>SBY said that until the end of August 2026 he would remain in\nRochester to undergo routine health checks at the Mayo Clinic as a\nfollow-up after undergoing prostate surgery in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally apologise for not being able to join the celebrations\nback home, nor attend President Prabowo\u2019s state address, or commemorate\nthe proclamation of independence at the Merdeka Palace as I have done in\nprevious years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the medical examinations were carried out in\naccordance with the recommendations of the Presidential Medical Team\ntreating him, including follow-up examinations at the Mayo Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod willing, in September I will be back in Indonesia. The\nPresidential Medical Team looking after my health recommended that, in\naddition to examinations at home, they also be carried out at the Mayo\nClinic, because I underwent prostate removal surgery in 2021 and\nexaminations are carried out every year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On that occasion, SBY also expressed his optimism about the direction\nof national development after following President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s\nstate address at the Annual Session of the MPR and the Joint Session of\nthe DPR RI and DPD RI at the Parliamentary Complex in Jakarta on Friday\n(14\/8).<\/p>\n<p>According to SBY, the speech brought new hope for the Indonesian\npeople even though the development challenges faced are not light.<\/p>\n<p>He called on all elements of society to contribute together to\nachieving better national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, happy Independence Day. We all have a historical\nresponsibility and a moral responsibility to ensure that our nation and\nour country continue to improve, advance, become fairer and more\nprosperous,\u201d SBY said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sby-apologises-for-missing-independence-day-ceremony-at-palace-due-to-health-check-1786902615",
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