Antara News·Indonesia·Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 03:00 PM UTC

Prabowo jokes about being "wiretapped" at NasDem Party's anniversary

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Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto joked while naming guests one by one at the start of his speech at NasDem Party’s 15th anniversary celebration here on Wednesday night.

At the opening of the speech, Prabowo named the Red and White Cabinet ministers who are also leaders of government coalition parties attending as invited guests, one by one. The President then corrected himself to name the political party chairs first.

"Apologies, the past few days have been rather full of dynamics," he said.

Prabowo then checked the area around the podium as if searching for a wiretapping device.

"Perhaps, we are being wiretapped," the President joked.

His joke then drew laughter from the guests and NasDem cadres.

"On behalf of myself and the government of Indonesia, happy anniversary to NasDem on its 15th birthday. May it continue serving and stay loyal to the ideals of our nation, a nation we all love," he said.

Political party leaders from both inside and outside the government coalition also attended the celebration. They included Golkar Party General Chair Bahlil Lahadalia and PAN General Chair Zulkifli Hasan.

Several Red and White Cabinet ministers also attended the event, including Human Development and Culture Coordinating Minister Sugiono, State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi, Population and Family Development Minister Wihaji, Communication and Digital Minister Meutya Fianda Hafid, and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Minister Maman Abdurrahman.

The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Ahmad Muzani and House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad were also present at the event.

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