Prabowo leads flag-lowering ceremony for RI's 81st anniversary at Palace
After the afternoon ceremony, the flag and proclamation text were paraded to Monas, following the Paskibraka lowering.
President Prabowo Subianto led the Red and White flag-lowering ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of RI independence at Istana Merdeka, Jakarta, on Monday afternoon. The ceremony began at about 16.40 WIB and ended after the Indonesia Adil Makmur Paskibraka team lowered the flag. Neeltje Deliana Insjowi Werimon, a student at SMA Negeri 8 Jayapura from Papua, served as the tray bearer and handed the flag to the President as the ceremony inspector. Kombes Pol Jerrold Hendra Yosef Kumontoy served as ceremony commander. After the procession, the Red and White flag and the proclamation text were taken in a parade back to Monumen Nasional. Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka also attended the ceremony sequence in the courtyard of Istana Merdeka.