Tradition of Welcoming the President at the Palace: Started by SBY, Continued by Jokowi Welcoming Prabowo
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) seems to be continuing the tradition carried out by the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), namely welcoming his successor at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Pratikno previously said that Jokowi would welcome the elected President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2024-2029 period Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
The welcoming ceremony will be held after the inauguration or swearing-in ceremony of Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka as President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia at the DPR RI Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta on October 20, 2024. “Because the event will be a farewell and welcoming ceremony, so after the inauguration at the DPR, the 7th President (of the Republic of Indonesia) is planned to go to the Merdeka Palace first.
Later, President Prabowo will follow for the farewell and welcoming ceremony,” said Pratikno at the Presidential Palace Complex, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (8/10/2024). Pratikno also confirmed that Jokowi would attend the inauguration or swearing-in ceremony of Prabowo-Gibran.
The tradition of welcoming slot depo 10k the elected President of the Republic of Indonesia at the Merdeka Palace is a new tradition carried out by the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia, SBY. SBY has at least expressed his intention to give a surprise to the elected President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2014-2019 period since June 2014.
In fact, the presidential election (pilpres) will only be held on July 19, 2014. “I have even planned that whoever is elected later, whether Jokowi or Prabowo, I will welcome them with full respect. I am planning a new tradition, on October 20,” said President SBY in a meeting with high-ranking TNI/Polri officers at the Ministry of Defense, reported by Kompas.com on June 2, 2014.
SBY said that he would prepare at the Merdeka Palace to welcome the new president with a military ceremony after attending the MPR session.
Determined by the MPR Decree? “Then, both of us, the old and the new, the outering and incoming leaders will receive respect, enter the Palace, farewell with the presidential apparatus. I introduce the new one and I hope that he can be successful,” he said. With that tradition, SBY said, the history of the change of power between presidents will change. He hopes that this will become a new tradition and political learning.
Military method Regarding the welcoming event, the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security at that time, Djoko Suyanto explained that it would be carried out in a military manner. Also read: When Jokowi Immediately Uses the Innova Zenix After Meeting Pope Francis… “Later, Mr. Jokowi will be received at the Merdeka Palace, will be welcomed and a handover will be carried out with the President inside.
There will be a military ceremony later. “The rules of the ceremony will be conveyed to Mr. Jokowi,” said Djoko at the State Palace, Jakarta, as reported by Kompas.com on October 13, 2014. Meanwhile, TNI Commander General Moeldoko revealed that there will be a change in the ceremony inspector from the one originally held by SBY, then handed over to Jokowi. “So like the August 17 ceremony, later the irup (ceremony inspector) will take turns, then shake hands,” said Moeldoko.
In fact, Moeldoko said, the TNI prepared 120 personnel to guard the welcoming procession for the President-elect as well as the farewell for SBY.
Cultural procession
Based on the decision of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU), the Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla (JK) pair was declared the winner of the 2014 Presidential Election as well as the elected President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2014-2019 period. The Jokowi-JK pair managed to defeat the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa pair.
Supported by a coalition of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the National Awakening Party (PKB), Nasdem, Hanura, and PKPI, Jokowi-JK managed to obtain 70,997,833 votes or 53.15 percent of the national vote. Meanwhile, Prabowo-Hatta, supported by the Gerindra Party, Golkar, the National Mandate Party, the United Development Party (PPP), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and the Crescent Star Party, won 62,576,444 votes or 46.85 percent of the national vote.
The Quality of Our Education is Close Friends with Corruption Kompas.id Article Jokowi-JK also took the oath/promise as President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia in a plenary meeting led by the Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) of the Republic of Indonesia Zulkifli Hasan and attended by 672 of the 688 MPR members on October 20, 2014.
After the inauguration or taking the oath/promise, Jokowi-JK did not immediately head to the Merdeka Palace Complex, Jakarta. The two stopped by the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout. This is because the community has prepared a cultural procession to welcome the arrival of the new leader of Indonesia there. As reported by Kompas.com, the two then boarded a horse-drawn carriage that was waiting to head to Monas.
Meanwhile, south of Monas, a stage had been built for the two. This stage was built so that the presidential and vice presidential pair could greet the people who had gathered. Also read: Why is the Presidential and Vice Presidential Inauguration on October 20? Including Prabowo-Gibran