Jakarta –
National Campaign Team Advisory Board (TKN) Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Mochamad Iriawan or Iwan Bule, explained the reasons for Prabowo’s aide, Major Teddy Indra Wijaya, was not seen accompanying Prabowo at the Chinese Indonesian volunteer event this evening. Iwan Bule explained that Major Teddy was not on duty.
Major Teddy was not seen accompanying Prabowo at the declaration of support for the Indonesian Chinese Alliance which was held at Mangga Dua Square, North Jakarta, Tuesday (19/12/2023) evening. Prabowo was present wearing blue clothes in the style of the TKN campaign uniform, while a number of bodyguards were dressed in dark green and maroon clothes.
“Today the person concerned (Major Teddy) is off (duty). There are six aides, there are seven,” said Iwan to reporters after the event.
Regarding Major Teddy, who was widely highlighted because he accompanied Prabowo wearing a blue shirt typical of Prabowo’s team during the presidential candidate debate, Iwan Bule said that Teddy would not take sides.
“(Teddy) is also usually present at his (Prabowo’s) events, there’s no problem, it’s clear that he is an aide appointed in 2020. His rank is major, how could he sacrifice his long career? That’s impossible,” said Iwan .
“So I think don’t worry too much about it, it just happened to be there (the presidential debate),” he added.
It is known that Prabowo was present at the event entitled ‘Gathering and Gala Dinner of the Indonesian Chinese Alliance’ at Mangga Dua Square, North Jakarta, today. Prabowo wore a light blue shirt typical of TKN Prabowo-Gibran.
Prabowo was accompanied by a number of bodyguards wearing dark green shirts. However, Major Teddy was not seen around him.
Prabowo’s arrival was greeted by a lively lion dance. Prabowo waved his hand as he walked towards the round table at the front near the stage.
This event was attended by TKN officials, including Deputy Chair of the TKN Steering Committee, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono; Deputy Chairman of the TKN Steering Committee, Hashim Djojohadikusumo; Deputy Chair of the TKN Steering Committee, Agus Jabo; TKN Advisory Board, Mochamad Iriawan; Member of the TKN Expert Council, Budiman Sudjatmiko, Chair of TKN, Rosan Roeslani, Deputy Chair of TKN, Grace Natalie.
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2023-12-19 17:22:01
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