Subianto meets Luhut receives inputs on state defense
7th Nov 2019 22:24
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan told the press following their meeting in Jakarta on Thursday.. (ANTARA/Ade Irma Junida)
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto met with Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Jakarta Thursday and received inputs on state defense. Luhut is his senior, both in the National Defense Forces (TNI) and the government, Subianto said.
"He is my senior. Since he is also Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, I take suggestions and ideas from him," he said.
He is in the middle of conducting safari visits to all ministers to receive their inputs on state defense, Subianto said.
Subianto said is scheduled to hold the first working meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I Monday, November 11.
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"The House Commission I will summon Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Monday, November 11, at 10.00 a.m. local time. Through communication between the secretary of the House Commission I and the defense ministry, Subianto confirmed the plan to be present. He will be accompanied by the vice defense minister," Chief of the House Commission I Meutya Hafid said in a written statement released Thursday.
The working meeting will discuss the defense ministry's policies and the State defense strategy that Subianto will unveil at the meeting, she said.
Details of the defense ministry's general policies can be conveyed in an open meeting but the issue of state strategy and secrets will be discussed in a closed-door meeting, she said.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered Subianto to develop a domestic strategic defense industry. Moreover, the defense ministry receives the largest budget allocations in the government.
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Deputy Minister Proposes Defense Industry Budget Increase
Damar Iradat, Christopher Harindra - 08 November 2019 16:53 WIB
Deputy Minister of Defense Sakti Wahyu Trenggono (Photo: Medcom.id/faisal abdalla)
Jakarta: Deputy Minister of Defense Sakti Wahyu Trenggono will ask for an increase in the national defense industry budget to the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
"We will try as best as possible. What can be done locally will be done. It is currently being calculated," said Trenggono at the Presidential Palace Complex, Central Jakarta on Friday, November 8, 2019.
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Trenggono said that his party would provide maximum opportunities to several national defense industries, such as PT Pindad, PT PAL, and PT Dirgantara Indonesia. He and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto reviewed PT Pindad this week.
"Give them a chance so they can develop faster," he said.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asked Prabowo to optimize the use of the budget in the defense sector. Jokowi wants the minimum essential force to be met even if imports of defense products or defense equipment are reduced.
The Ministry of Defense received an allocation of Rp131.2 trillion in the 2020 state budget. The figure increased by Rp21.6 trillion compared to the previous year.
(WAH)
Looks like they (both) are honestly working toward the betterment of armed forces
How viable the chance of Indonesia trying to license build by assemble fighter like T/A50 and F16 before trying to assemby KFX/IFX? we never had experiences to assemble jet fighter aircraft afterall