‘Thirst for power’ will harm a nation, says Prabowo

Defence minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto gestures as he attends the annual State of the Nation Address at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta on Aug 16, 2024. - Photo: Reuters/Pool

JAKARTA: President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday (Aug 24) that politics was necessary to improve people’s welfare, but denounced politicians whose hunger for power had put their own interests above the people.

Speaking at the National Mandate Party (PAN) national congress in Jakarta, he said that politicians and political parties asked for the mandate for power from the people, therefore they must put the people above themselves.