Prabowo Scheduled to Attend Indonesia's Largest Upstream Oil and Gas Exhibition Tomorrow

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto is set to attend the Indonesia Petroleum Association (IPA) 50th exhibition at ICE BSD City, Tangerang, Banten, on Wednesday, 19 May 2026. ‘And for tomorrow’s activities, the President will attend the expo, yes, to meet oil entrepreneurs, the Indonesia Petroleum Association. So many oil entrepreneurs from ASEAN are going to attend,’ said Dudung Abdurachman, Head of the Presidential Staff Office, to journalists on Tuesday, 19 May 2026. From the invitations, the exhibition carries the theme, ‘50 Years of Energy Partnership: Shaping the Next Era for Advancing Growth.’ Last year, Prabowo also attended this event and pressed a touch-screen LED Cube as a symbol of the opening of IPA Convex 2025. Before attending the IPA exhibition, Prabowo will also attend the 19th Plenary Session of the 2025-2026 year on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. The plenary meeting will be held at 9.00 WIB. The President’s attendance was confirmed by Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Saan Mustopa, via text message. ‘Yes, that’s the plan,’ he said. He also confirmed that the president will directly deliver the KEM PPKF RAPBN 2027 in a speech, which is usually delivered by the Minister of Finance. ‘It is scheduled that the President will deliver it directly,’ Saan added. (pgr/pgr)