Riza Patria Leads RK-Suswono Team, Cak Lontong: He Was Deputy Governor, I Entertained Several Governors

JAKARTA - The head of the winning team for the candidate for Governor-Deputy Governor of Jakarta, Lies Hartono or Cak Lontong responded to Ahmad Riza Patria who was the chairman of Ridwan Kamil-Suswono's success team in the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Riza Patria has experience as a former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta for the 2020-2022 period. Not wanting to lose competitiveness, Cak Lontong admitted that he had also contributed as an entertainer for several DKI Jakarta Governors through his single comedy show.

"I think he was once Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta. But I don't mean anything, I've entertained several governors of Jakarta," said Cak Lontong at Pramono-Rano's winning house, Jalan Cemara, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Sunday, September 15.

"This means that I have contributed to making several governors of Jakarta happy. Hopefully this will be the capital too, yes," continued Cak Lontong, greeted by laughter from Pramono and Rano.

Moreover, both Pramono and Rano, according to Cak Lontong, have sufficient provisions to win the 2024 Pilkada in Jakarta. Pramono has a qualified track record as a former member of the DPR to Cabinet Secretary.

Meanwhile, Rano has been known to many Jakarta residents since becoming the actor of the soap opera Si Doel Anak Sekolah. This was revealed by Cak Lontong after holding the inaugural meeting of the Pramono-Rano success team (timses).

"If after all we win, I'm not the one who leads Jakarta. He (Pram-Rano) is the one who has the competence to lead Jakarta. He is actually in the sense of competing healthily to make Jakarta residents happy," explained Cak Lontong.

On the one hand, Cak Lontong claims that Pramono-Rano timses have drawn up a winning strategy to campaign during the Jakarta Pilkada. However, he considered that it did not need to be disclosed in detail.

"Of course we will definitely have a strategy, there are tactics, whatever it is, call it to win, it will definitely exist. But if we open it here, we'll be afraid that we won't open it there. Hahaha," he joked.

In the inaugural meeting which was held for about an hour, Pramono Anung emphasized that his campaign team did not take advantage of identity politics and played the narrative of ethnic division while carrying out the Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign later.

In addition, Pramono said that he and Rano had explained the results of spending on problems from the results of their meetings with a number of Jakarta residents. The aspirations of the residents obtained, continued Pramono, are also outlined in the vision and mission that was prepared with the winning team.

"Because the time is not too long, a maximum of two months is less, so now we are both ready, including program vision and others," Pramono concluded.