Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto
Indonesia
‘s newly inaugurated President
Prabowo Subianto
hosted his cabinet Friday at an
army academy
retreat in the mountains where ministers dressed in
camouflage fatigues
, stayed in tents and were ordered to march. The 73-year-old former general became leader of the world’s fourth most populous nation on Sunday, pledging to bolster Indonesia’s defences and fight
corruption
. Prabowo, accused of rights abuses under dictator
Suharto
in the late 1990s, ordered the retreat in
Magelang
, located in the mountains of Central Java, to drill ministers and unite them before leading the next government. “The activity started with exercise together, led by coaches from the military academy in Magelang. After a 30-minute exercise, the agenda continued with a march training,” said a prez spokesman. Images online showed Prabowo and his ministers dressed in camouflage military gear. “We must move in sync with the same goal,” Prabowo told the ministers.