Jakarta, March 20 -- The meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and Indonesia's fifth president Megawati Soekarnoputri at the Palace has sent a positive signal for the consolidation of the current administration.

"The meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri at the State Palace is a positive development for the Prabowo-Gibran administration," Achmad Baidowi, a lecturer at the Darul Ulum Banyuanyar Institute (IDB), said here on Friday.

Baidowi said the meeting could also be seen as a substitute moment, as Soekarnoputri had been absent during a previous gathering between President Prabowo and former presidents and vice presidents.

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