Prabowo Thanks All Parties for Supporting the Effort to Achieve National Food Self-Sufficiency
Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto expressed his gratitude to all parties supporting the effort to achieve national food self-sufficiency, from ministries and agencies to the TNI, Polri, regional governments, and farmer groups.
This was stated by President Prabowo during a simultaneous mass corn harvest event and the inauguration of the construction of 10 Polri food security buildings in Tuban Regency, East Java, which was monitored online from Jakarta on Saturday.
“I thank my agricultural team, my food team, they are very good, very strong, led by the Minister of Agriculture, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, the Head of Bulog, Agrinas, and supported by the Commander of the TNI, supported by the Chief of Police and their ranks,” said the President.
Prabowo said that achieving food self-sufficiency would not be possible without the joint support of Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono, Director General of Perum Bulog Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani, and Director General of Agrinas Pangan Nusantara Joao Angelo De Sousa Mota.
Furthermore, the Commander of the TNI, General TNI Agus Subiyanto, the Chief of Police, Police General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the ranks of the TNI and Polri, governors, regents, sub-district heads, village heads, farmer groups, and SOEs engaged in the food and fertilizer sectors.
According to Prabowo, a country’s resilience is largely determined by its food security.
Prabowo said that a country cannot survive without safe, smooth, and sustainable food production.
“I am a person who likes to learn, I study history, I study nation-building, and what I have learned is that a country cannot survive without smooth, safe, and sustainable food production, not just a good harvest one year and then a bad one the next. So, brothers and sisters, today I am grateful,” he said.
On that occasion, Prabowo also mentioned the role of security forces, which are often taken for granted when conditions are safe and orderly, but are criticized when problems occur.
Prabowo said that state apparatus have the task of maintaining security, order, and the smooth running of people’s lives.
In addition, Prabowo emphasized that the TNI is the army of the people and the Polri is the police of the people, who must be close to the community, not just a professional institution in terms of capability.
According to Prabowo, the support of the TNI and Polri in the field is an important part of achieving the target of national food self-sufficiency.
“Brothers and sisters of the Polri, you must be the police of the people, you must be very close to the people. The military is the same. Therefore, we cannot achieve this goal of food self-sufficiency without the support of all parties,” said Prabowo.