Prabowo Once Again Mocks 'Dark Indonesia': If You Want to Flee, Just Flee!

President Prabowo Subianto has once again touched on the ‘Dark Indonesia’ narrative that has been making headlines recently. “Dark Indonesia, with blurred vision; bright Indonesia, some want to flee. If you want to flee, just flee,” said Prabowo at the groundbreaking for 13 National Downstreaming Projects Phase II in Cilacap, Central Java, on Wednesday (29/4). Prabowo was mocking those he considers unpatriotic and lacking love for the homeland. He challenged those parties who voice such sentiments to simply ‘flee’ as they claim. In fact, Prabowo stated that Indonesia is the safest country amid today’s global uncertainties. “Hey, smart people, open your eyes, open the news, look. We’re placed as the safest country in the world right now, just flee then, yeah, just flee so we don’t have any fuss,” he said. Prabowo stated that he and his team only want to work for all the Indonesian people. He expressed his desire for all of Indonesia’s wealth to be enjoyed by all Indonesian citizens. Prabowo noted that for too long, Indonesia’s natural resources have not been enjoyed by all the people, but only by a handful. “For too long, our natural resources have been controlled by traders whose nationalism I question; we give mining concessions, we give plantation concessions, we give credit from people’s banks, but when they succeed, the results of their efforts are not placed in Indonesia,” he said.