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JAKARTA—Wearing military fatigues and black combat boots, the newly appointed Cabinet of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto began a mountain retreat on Friday, in an unconventional bond-building exercise involving more than 100 members of his new government.
Ministers and their deputies donned caps and camouflage outfits, and stood in salute at a parade ground of a military academy in Central Java province to hear briefings from Prabowo, a former special forces commander who was sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president on Sunday.
Article continues after this advertisement“We must work in the same rhythm for the same goals. The government doesn’t work alone, but as a team,” Prabowo said, according to a statement from his office, which shared images of the retreat, during which ministers will be sleeping in tents, but with air-conditioning.
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Diverse grouping“The point of all work is discipline, loyalty to the nation of Indonesia,” Prabowo, 73, said in one video, drawing applause from his Cabinet.
Article continues after this advertisementDetails of what the three-day camp will entail have been scant, but Prabowo plans to lead exercises, and discuss good governance and corruption prevention with his Cabinet, which is Indonesia’s biggest in decades with 48 ministers and their 56 deputies.
Article continues after this advertisementThe lineup is a diverse grouping that includes politicians, technocrats, former military officers and a religious leader, with ages ranging from 34 to 77, with most members in their 50s and 60s.
Article continues after this advertisementPrabowo, a former defense minister, won the presidency in February’s election by a big margin at what was his third attempt.
The Cabinet’s camp meeting is reminiscent of his early days in the military, which he served for nearly three decades.
Article continues after this advertisementGerindra, his political party, has organized similar events at Prabowo’s spacious Hambalang estate south of Jakarta.
Videos posted on Instagram on Thursday showed ministers smiling and posing for selfies on their way to the camp in Magelang aboard a Lockheed Martin Super Hercules aircraft.
One showed relieved-looking ministers applauding happily as the aircraft landed.
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