Prabowo Names His Team, Should He Be Elected President
Jakarta. Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has announced the names of his potential team to help him address the problems he deems plaguing Indonesia, such as wealth flowing out of the country, inequality, injustice, climate change and rising prices of food, energy and clean water.
"We want my program to achieve self-sufficiency in food, water and energy. We will meet our food, fuel and water needs," Prabowo said.
Fadli Zon, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Sudirman Said, a former energy and mineral resources minister, and Rocky Gerung, a philosophy lecturer who is also an outspoken critic of the current government, are among those on the list.
Prabowo also named several members of the military establishment, such as Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, a former chief of the Indonesian Military (TNI), Syafrie Syamsuddin, a retired general and former deputy defense minister, Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno, a former Indonesian Navy chief of staff who was also coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs in incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's first cabinet.
Civilians on the list include Rustriningsih, a former Central Java deputy governor, Said Iqbal, a labor union leader, and Salim Said, a military expert.
Prabowo did not outright say that those on the list would become ministers in his cabinet if he wins the election.
Missing from the list are some of his key allies, including Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, the son of Democratic Party leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"God willing, these are the people who will help me [if I become president]," Prabowo said.
The names he mentioned are as follows, in alphabetical order:
Ahmad Riza Patria
Alex Yahya Datuk
Amir Syamsuddin
Arifin Seman
Bambang Haryo Sukartono
Bambang Susanto Priohadi
Bambang Widjojanto
Bembi Uripto
Budi Djatmiko
Chusnul Mariyah
Dahlan Iskan
Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak
Damayanti Hakim Tohir
Dede Yusuf
Dian Islamiati Fatwa
Didik J. Rachbini
Dirgayuza Setiawan
Dradjad Wibowo
Eddy Soeparno
Fadli Zon
Erwin Aksa
Fahri Hamzah
Fary Djemy Francis
Ferry Mursyidan Baldan
Firmansyah
Fuad Bawazier
Gamal Albinsaid
Gatot Nurmantyo
Glenny Kahuripan
Hanafi Rais
Haryadin Mahardika
Ichsanudin Noorsy
Imam Sufaat
Irawan Ronodipuro
Laode Kamaluddin
Lili Sri Wahyu Sulistiowati
Muchtar Niode
Mulfachri Harahap
Nanik S. Deyang
Natalius Pigai
Otto Hasibuan
Priyo Budi Santoso
Putra Jaya Husin
Rachmat Pambudy
Rahayu Saraswati
Rauf Purnama
Rizal Ramli
Rocky Gerung
Rustika Thamrin
Rustriningsih
Said Didu
Said Iqbal
Salim Said
Sang Alang
Supriyatno
Sudirman Said
Sufmi Dasco Ahmad
Suhendra Ratu Prawiranegara
Sujana Royat
Syafrie Syamsuddin
Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno
Teguh Santosa
Thomas Djiwandono
Tri Hanurita
Wisnu Wardhana
Yusuf Martak
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