Invited By Ganjar For A Bicycle Ride, Gus Miftah: Obedient To Kalih Governor

JAKARTA - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo invited the famous cleric from Yogyakarta, Gus Miftah, to ride a bicycle to socialize health protocols in traditional markets and villages in Semarang City. This is to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.

Gus Miftah, who is used to "gowes", seemed relaxed when he was invited by Ganjar to tour the city of Semarang, even though on some routes there were quite steep climbs.

When entering markets and villages, Ganjar and Gus Miftah always stop to remind the public to comply with health protocols.

When there are residents who do not wear masks, Ganjar reminds and asks his aide to provide masks and often Ganjar gives appreciation to residents who are orderly wearing masks by paying for groceries purchased at traders.

"Keep wearing the mask, ma'am, tonggone, let's dikandani (neighbors and relatives are reminded). Let's 'eling lan ngelingke', always follow the health protocol," said Ganjar.

"Come on, ma'am, forgive the crowds. Please obey the governor (according to the governor)," said Gus Miftah.

Ganjar admitted that he deliberately invited Gus Miftah to "gowes" with those who wanted to stay in touch in Semarang.

"I asked you to go for a ride because I know that Gus Miftah also likes to ride, so it was fitting. I asked him to go for a ride to the market, enter the village to socialize health protocols," he said.

Meanwhile, Gus Miftah appreciated Ganjar's way of handling the COVID-19 pandemic, which did not just sit in the office, but went directly to the community to provide education about health protocols.

"I think it's cool, Mas Ganjar went down directly to educate the public about health promotion. I was invited by Mas Ganjar to go around the market and enter the village to remind residents to wear masks. I think this should be followed by an example," he said.

Markets and crowds, continued Gus Miftah, are one of the places where the spread often occurs, so socialization and education must continue so that people understand.

"This is in line with Mas Ganjar's movement, namely Eling lan Ngelingke, I think it's cool because in conditions like this, we have to give warnings to ourselves and others to maintain the conduciveness of the situation. In what way, we must care for others, to remind each other one another," he said.