Jakarta, Sept. 1 -- President Prabowo Subianto has instructed ministries and state institutions to welcome public delegates and remain open to criticism and input to improve the quality of public services and institutional performance.

Prabowo said the government is committed to listening to genuine aspirations from the people, promising to record and follow up on their demands.

He made the remarks after meeting several political party leaders and heads of state institutions at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Sunday.

The President stressed that his government respects freedom of expression as guaranteed in Article 19 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as Indonesia's Law Number 9 of 1998...