Ridwan Kamil Meets Said Aqil: Strengthening The Remaining Campaign

JAKARTA - The candidate for the Governor of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil, feels stronger to face the remaining campaign time after meeting and being prayed for by the former Chairman of PBNU, Said Aqil Siradj.

Ridwan Kamil is known to have visited Said Aqil Siradj at the Luhur Al-Tsaqafah Islamic Boarding School on Thursday, November 14, evening

"Alhamdulillah, I have been praying for tonight, thank God it will be strengthened in the remaining time. May Allah make it easier," said Ridwan in his statement, Friday, November 15.

According to him, Kyai Said Aqil is not a foreign figure for him. This is because the former chairman of PBNU has been his teacher since he led West Java.

"He is my teacher, while leading West Java when he sees West Java conducive, Islamic boarding school scholars progress, yes because of his knowledge," he said

Meanwhile, Said Aqil said Ridwan Kamil was a figure who was known to be very diligent in worship. That, which impressed Said Aqil very much with Ridwan Kamil.

"Ministry of worship, Mr. RK is diligent in worship. It is rare for an official to still keep the five-time prayers and fasting," said Said Aqil.

Furthermore, Kyai Said Aqil also expressed his gratitude for the gift of a book from Ridwan Kamil which contains his experience of building many mosques in West Java in particular.

"He has built around 70 mosques throughout Indonesia and the most interesting is the Aljabbar Mosque in Bandung, I've been there that's extraordinary," he said.

Said saw that Ridwan Kamil's vision and mission was ideal for the people of Jakarta to be even better. "Ideally, I want to uphold justice for the people of Jakarta, eradicate poverty and provide excellent service to the community," said Said Aqil.