"The cabinet will be announced after a head-of-state dinner," he told the media at the Parliamentary Complex, Jakarta, on Saturday.
He then remarked that after being sworn in as the eighth president at the complex's Nusantara Building on Sunday, Prabowo would depart for the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, to meet with Seventh President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
"According to the plan, Mr. Jokowi will arrive first at the palace. Thereafter, he will welcome the newly inaugurated president," the speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) noted.
He also stated that Jokowi would leave the Presidential Palace for his hometown of Solo in Central Java Province after concluding all state processions.
Prabowo, currently serving as defense minister, recently took steps to advance the formation of his incoming cabinet.
On October 14-15, 2024, the president-elect invited 108 figures tipped for ministerial and deputy ministerial posts as well as agency head positions to his Jakarta residence.
The invitees comprised Indonesian Ambassador to the UN Arrmanatha Nasir, Central Papua Acting Governor Ribka Haluk, human rights activist Natalius Pigai, Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar, badminton legend Taufik Hidayat, celebrity and businessman Raffi Ahmad, musician Yovie Widianto, and 16 incumbent ministers.
On October 16-17, the defense minister gathered the summoned figures for a briefing at his residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java.
Furthermore, on October 18, Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita and Minister of Communication and Informatics Budi Arie Setiadi, who were also summoned by Prabowo, revealed that the presidential aide-designates would undergo a three-day orientation at the Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java.
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