Enlivened By Residents Supporting Anies In Jakut, Ridwan Kamil: The Beauty Of Democracy

JAKARTA - The candidate for governor of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil (RK) opened his voice about himself being cheered at while attending the Haul method at Mbah Priok's grave, North Jakarta some time ago.

This momentum was recorded in a video and went viral on social media. In the video, a number of residents cheer on RK and ask him to come down.

There were also residents who called for support for Anies Baswedan, who now cannot run for the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

The former Governor of West Java respects the attitude of a handful of residents who cheered him up. According to him, this is the expression of a political figure.

"That there are supporters of anyone, that's the beauty of democracy. There are expressions that use thumbs up, some shout, some make banners," said RK when met at Senen, Central Jakarta, Thursday, September 5.

RK admitted that he accepted gracefully for the aspirations of the people who did not support him at this time.

Bearing in mind, he had felt conditions like this when he took part in the regional elections as Mayor of Bandung and Governor of West Java.

However, RK emphasized that he came to the Haul Mbah Priok event on the basis of the organizer's invitation. In fact, he was asked to give a speech on the podium.

"So I went there with an invitation by a caliph from Makom Mbah Priok, coincidentally there was a haul event. If it was rejected, I would not have provided a podium," he said.