Indonesia's new president trains cabinet at military-style camp

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 25, 2024 5:05 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto hosted his cabinet Friday at an army academy retreat in the mountains where ministers dressed in camouflage fatigues, stayed in tents and were ordered to march.

The 73-year-old former general became leader of the world's fourth most populous nation on Sunday, pledging to bolster Indonesia's defenses and fight corruption.

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