Prabowo Summons Former Presidential Communication Office Head Hasan Nasbi to Palace
President Prabowo Subianto summoned former Presidential Communication Office (PCO) head Hasan Nasbi to the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday, 12 March 2026. This marked the second time Nasbi had attended a restricted meeting with the President. On Monday, 9 March 2026, Nasbi was invited to a meeting held at President Prabowo’s private residence in Hambalang, West Java.
Nasbi stated he was unaware of the agenda for the restricted meeting at the Palace on this day. “I don’t know why I was called. There’s allegedly an agenda, an agenda with the President,” Nasbi said at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta on Thursday afternoon.
When asked whether his participation in the restricted meeting signalled his return to government, Nasbi stated that no such discussion had taken place. He claimed not to know in what capacity he had been invited. “There’s been no discussion about that yet. Let’s see what happens,” he said.
According to Nasbi, he was contacted by the President’s protocol team at approximately 1.30pm. “There’s allegedly an agenda with the President. But I don’t yet know what it is. To be honest, I really don’t know,” he stated.
Regarding the meeting at Hambalang several days earlier, Nasbi said he had simply listened to Prabowo and members of the Red and White Cabinet discuss the current situation. One topic included the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran.
The meeting also discussed how Indonesia should respond to the global situation to avoid becoming entangled in a crisis. “What the solutions might be, there are various options. But it was the ministers who spoke, really. I just listened. I didn’t participate in the discussion, I simply listened,” he said.
Hasan Nasbi was removed from his position as Head of Presidential Communications on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, during President Prabowo Subianto’s reshuffle of the Red and White Cabinet. The Presidential Communication Office was subsequently transformed into the Government Communication Agency and is now headed by Angga Raka Prabowo. Meanwhile, Hasan Nasbi was appointed as a commissioner of PT Pertamina (Persero) on 11 September 2025.