Jakarta, April 18 -- President Prabowo Subianto urged regional parliament (DPRD) leaders to act as "patriots" and align with the government's priority programs during a closed-door briefing in Magelang, Central Java, on Saturday.

Speaking at the "All-Indonesia Regional Parliament Speakers Consolidation Course," the President told the approximately 503 provincial and municipal legislature chiefs in attendance that he intended to speak candidly about the nation's direction.

"As a patriot, I come here to meet you with one core assumption: that we are all patriots," President Prabowo said in a broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat.

He expressed his belief that everyone in the room shared a deep love for the homeland, the nation, and th...