Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian said the presence of\nseveral central government officials in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is a\nform of state presence in accelerating the handling of communities\naffected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President has assigned a number of ministers, heads of\ninstitutions, and deputy ministers to travel, to be present among the\npeople, to attend the 17 August ceremony to show that the central\ngovernment is not standing idly by,\u201d Tito said in a statement received\nin Jakarta on Monday (17\/8).<\/p>\n
The statement was delivered by Tito after leading the 81st\nIndependence Day Commemoration Ceremony at Natas Lehong Field, East\nManggarai Regency, NTT.<\/p>\n
Tito\u2019s presence in NTT was a follow-up to President Prabowo\nSubianto\u2019s directive to government officials to inspect the affected\nareas while accelerating post-earthquake handling.<\/p>\n
During the ceremony, Tito wore traditional East Manggarai attire\nconsisting of a white shirt, songke cloth, leros shawl, and a Rongga\ntribal headdress. Tito said he was grateful to be able to commemorate\nthe 81st Independence Day with the people of East Manggarai who were\nalso affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisaster on one hand provides a bitter experience, suffering, for\nall of our people. The English say \u2018every cloud has a silver lining\u2019,\nevery problem has its wisdom. At the very least, the wisdom is that we\ncan meet here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In his address, Tito also invited the public to strengthen their\nsense of nationalism and reflect once again on the nation\u2019s struggle to\nachieve independence. He said the values in the Preamble to the 1945\nConstitution, among other things, affirm the rejection of colonialism as\nwell as the state\u2019s goal to protect the entire Indonesian nation and all\nof Indonesia\u2019s homeland.<\/p>\n
According to Tito, this protection is also realised through the\ngovernment\u2019s presence in helping communities facing disasters.<\/p>\n
The ceremony was also attended by Head of the National Search and\nRescue Agency (Basarnas) Mohammad Syafii, East Manggarai Regent Agas\nAndreas, and members of the East Manggarai Regional Leadership\nCoordination Forum (Forkopimda).<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tito-says-government-present-in-ntt-1786974632", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }