Indonesia’s new President, Prabowo Subianto, declared a war on corruption in his inauguration speech on Sunday and vowed to achieve food and energy self-sufficiency as an insurance against the possibility of conflict in a region where US-China rivalry has escalated sharply.
In an hour-long, sometimes tub-thumping speech, which he concluded with the country’s fiery independence battle cry of Merdeka (Freedom), the 73-year-old warned of the need “in times of tension, in the possibility of war” to be prepared for worst-case scenarios, and not expect that other nations would help feed its people.
Mr Prabowo took the oath of office and gave his speech at the national parliament building in Jakarta on Sunday morning before making his way with Mr Gibran through flag-waving crowds to the presidential palace for the official handover.
In front of hundreds of state leaders, dignitaries and Indonesian officials – many resplendent in provincial dress – he promised to uphold the country’s “unique” democracy and “prioritise the interests of all Indonesian people, including those who did not vote us”.
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