Prabowo bars regional chiefs from mobilizing crowds for visits
He delivered the message at the mass signing for 62,000 subsidized homes in Batang, linked to 165 sites across 372 regencies and cities.
President Prabowo Subianto asked governors and regents not to mobilize residents to welcome him during working visits to the regions. He delivered the message at a mass signing event for 62,000 subsidized homes in Batang, Central Java, on Thursday, saying people should not have to wait for hours in the heat just to greet the president. Prabowo said he was still happy to meet the public if they came of their own accord. At the same event, he inaugurated the mass signing of subsidized mortgage agreements held simultaneously at 165 points, covering 372 regencies and cities in 36 provinces. The main event was centered in Batang, and Prabowo first inspected the first-phase renovation of Semarang Tawang Station before heading to Batang by Kereta Api Nusantara Explorer.