Towards The End Of His Position, Gibran Focuses On Working On Solo Infrastructure From The US$15 Million UAE Grant Fund

JAKARTA - The Mayor (Walkot) of Surakarta as well as the Elected Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka admitted that he was focused on completing the work on a number of infrastructure projects in Solo City ahead of his term of office.

"Yes, we are still completing the existing work," he said in Solo, Central Java, Tuesday, April 23, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, one of the focuses is the work on infrastructure projects that use grants from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government of 15 million US dollars.

"Filling grant funds from the UAE," he said.

Gibran himself still has about six months remaining to complete his work as Mayor of Surakarta. Previously, to be precise, Gibran held a meeting with the Head of the Central Java High Prosecutor's Office, I Made Suarnawan, at the Surakarta City Hall.

Gibran said one of the things discussed at the meeting was infrastructure development in the city of Solo, one of which was the Sriwedari Mosque, which was marked by land disputes in its construction.

He said that so far Sriwedari had been escorted by the Surakarta District Attorney. However, in the future he hopes that the construction process can be accompanied by the Central Java High Prosecutor's Office.

He hopes that the Central Java Kajati can also oversee the current UAE grant funds that have been disbursed. Several projects that will be continued with the grant funds include Gor Indoor Manahan, uninhabitable houses, and the construction of health care facilities.

"After this, we have executed grant funds from the UAE, in the future we want to be escorted so that it can run well," he said.