President Leads Award Ceremony To Confer National Hero Title

id President Leads Award Ceremony To Confer National Hero Title

President Leads Award Ceremony To Confer National Hero Title

Joko Widodo (Jokowi). (Antara)

Jakarta, (Antara Sumbar) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) led an award ceremony to confer the National Hero Title of the Year 2017 in Jakarta on Thursday morning.

Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media at the Presidential Secretariat Bey Machmudin noted in a written statement in Jakarta on Thursday that President Jokowi led the ceremony upon arrival in Jakarta after holding a series of work visits in the region.

The president returned after undertaking work visits to the provinces of Central Java and East Java and organizing the marriage procession of his daughter Kahiyang Ayu to Muhammad Bobby Afif Nasution in Solo.

The presidential aircraft of Indonesia-1, with President and First Lady Iriana aboard, arrived at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta at around 9:55 a.m. local time after almost an hour since departing from the Adi Soemarno Airbase of the Air Force, Boyolali District, Central Java Province.

On arrival in Jakarta, the president directly led the award ceremony to confer the 2017 National Hero Title at the State Palace in Jakarta at 11:00 a.m. local time.

In the afternoon, the president will also receive a state visit of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in and Mrs. Kim Jung-Sook at the Presidential Palace of Bogor, West Java.

During his work visit to Central Java and East Java, the president attended a social forestry event for economic equity in the districts of Boyolali and Madiun.

In addition, the president distributed land certificates to people in the districts of Madiun and Sragen.

Accompanying the president and his wife Iriana on the flight to Jakarta were Presidential Secretariat Head Heru Budi Hartono, Presidential Special Staff Ari Dwipayana, Presidential Military Secretary Rear Marshall Trisno Hendradi, and Presidential Guard Commander Major General Suhartono. (*)

Editor: Vicha Faradika