Prabowo to brief participants in future leaders programme

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to brief hundreds of participants in the first cohort of the President’s Programme for Indonesia’s Future Leaders (P3MDI) at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday.

ANTARA observations showed that hundreds of participants arrived at the Presidential Palace complex at around 2.05 pm Western Indonesian Time (WIB).

They wore dark blue suits with red berets and badges on the right chest. Badges bearing the initials URI (Universitas Republik Indonesia) were also attached to their shoulders.

National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Arif Satria said Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya had contacted him to accompany President Prabowo at the event.

“I was contacted by the Cabinet Secretary earlier this afternoon and asked to attend today’s event to accompany the President as he meets participants in the President’s Programme for Future Leaders. I think this is a very good programme for identifying talent for future leadership,” Arif said.

“I think that is all,” he added.

According to a circulated invitation list, several ministers and state officials were also invited, including Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Sugiono, State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi, Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara, and Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto.

Others named on the invitation list included National Development Planning Minister and National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) head Rachmat Pambudy, and Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Rini Widyantini.

Earlier, President Prabowo met 400 P3MDI participants and 250 members of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) from across the country in Hambalang, Bogor Regency, West Java, on Saturday.

The meeting was part of efforts to strengthen communication between the government, the business community and Indonesia’s prospective future leaders.