PDIP Politician Effendi Simbolon Present At RK-Jokowi Meeting, Pramono: His Name Is A Democracy State

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor Candidate (cagub) number 3, Pramono Anung responded to the presence of PDI-P (PDIP) politician Effendi Simbolon who was also present at the meeting of cagub number 1 Ridwan Kamil with 7th President Joko Widodo.

As a fellow senior PDIP politician, Pramono assessed that this condition was a form of democracy.

"I want to be present, I want anything, please. It's called a democratic country," Pramono told reporters, quoted Wednesday, November 20.

The former PDIP Secretary General considered that Effendi's attitude in showing partiality to his competing candidate pairs was a personal matter and did not carry the party name.

"Democracy is a personal matter, lah," said Pramono.

On Monday, November 18 yesterday, RK met with Jokowi again at the Central Jakarta number cafe. The meeting was enlivened by the elite party KIM Plus along with influencers. Then, Effendi's presence was mentioned by the head of the RK-Suswono winning team, Ahmad Riza Partria.

There is something special here, Mr. Jokowi. From the PDI-P there is Effendi Simbolon. These are PDI-P cadres who support Ridwan Kamil," said Riza.

During the meeting, RK together with a number of representatives of supporting parties and volunteers heard Jokowi's direction and experience while leading the city of Solo, Jakarta, and as president.

After expressing his support, Jokowi revealed that RK has a qualified track record with all its experience as a leader, so it is very worthy to lead Jakarta.

"He is the right person to lead Jakarta with all the challenges of the problems that exist, because he has experience in building the city of Bandung and West Java (West Java) Province," said Jokowi.

Jokowi revealed that RK has proven to be able to organize the city of Bandung better. Likewise with a larger scope, namely as Governor of West Java.

In addition to this experience, according to Jokowi, RK also has the right scientific background to build Jakarta into an advanced and humanist urban or urban area.

"He has a qualified scientific background. He is an architect, so it is proven that his capacity is to build urban areas," said the former Mayor of Solo and the Governor of Jakarta.