TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto acknowledged that he pays consideration to public suggestions channeled by way of social media platforms. He claimed, as an example, that his administration has adopted up on enter through TikTok.
Prabowo shared this story throughout his closing speech on the Science, Technology, and Industry Convention on the Jakarta Convention Center on Sunday, June 28, 2026. The gathering introduced collectively 1000’s of teachers, together with college rectors, deans, and professors.
During his tackle, the Gerindra Party Chair famous that he had acquired an inventory of coverage suggestions compiled by students. “I have received a list of proposals and questions that were quite numerous. I promise to give each one my full attention,” he stated.
Prabowo emphasised that he’s open to listening to strategies from anybody, together with these voiced on social media. “Not only suggestions from professors, but also input from children in the villages that reach me through TikTok. I will immediately follow up,” he said.
The former Minister of Defense expressed his gratitude for contemporary technological developments, which permit the top of state to shortly grasp the issues confronted by residents. He famous that difficulties in a village can attain the best ranges of presidency and be promptly resolved.
Prabowo cited an instance involving a difficulty he turned conscious of in a village inside the Nias Regency of North Sumatra. “The difficulties faced by a village in Nias were addressed promptly,” he remarked, although he stopped in need of offering detailed specifics concerning the incident.
The Science, Technology, and Industry Convention (KSTI) attended by Prabowo ran from Friday to Sunday, June 26–28, 2026. The President marked his presence at each the opening and shutting periods of the occasion, which drew an estimated 2,600 educators, together with professors, deans, and rectors.
Last Friday, in the course of the opening of KSTI 2026, Prabowo delivered an almost five-hour lecture to the lecturers. Today, on Sunday, he spoke for nearly 4 hours in entrance of the attending lecturers.
The discussion board, titled “National Symposium,” was held as a part of the broader Indonesian Science, Technology, and Industry Convention. The occasion was organized beneath the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology. KSTI itself is a signature initiative of President Prabowo, having made its debut on the Bandung Institute of Technology in August 2025.
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