PDIP Alludes To The Name Of Kasetpres Heru Regarding The Acting Governor Of DKI 2022-2024

JAKARTA - Chairman of the PDIP faction of the DKI DPRD Gembong Warsono mentioned the name of the Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono when talking about the acting (Pj) who will be appointed to fill the vacant position of the Governor of DKI later.

It is known, the governorship of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan will end in October 2022. Meanwhile, the DKI Regional Head Election will still take place in 2024.

Gembong sees Heru as one of the people who are suitable to be the Acting Governor of DKI for the next two years. This is because Heru has a background as Mayor of North Jakarta in 2014 and Head of the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) of DKI Jakarta in 2015.

"Personally, Pak Heru is good. I think it's okay to control the Jakarta issue," Gembong told reporters, Thursday, January 6.

However, Gembong admitted that he did not know who would be chosen as the Acting Governor of DKI. "Did the choice fall to Pak Heru? We don't know," he said.

After all, he said, the selection of the Acting Head who temporarily fills the position of regional head is the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), before it is proposed to President Jokowi.

What is clear, Gembong hopes that the Acting Governor of DKI is someone who already understands the various problems that exist in Jakarta. Thus, he is able to sort out which programs are urgently needed to be executed without requiring long-term adjustments.

"We hope that (the Acting Governor of DKI) is someone who understands the Jakarta issue. Why? So that the remaining time while serving as an official, he is able to finish the rest of Anies' work that was executed. We hope that's all," said Gembong.