Says Goodbye As Minister Of PUPR, Basuki Hadimuljono: Two To Three Days It's Very Difficult For Me To Go Through

Caption: Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono. Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI

JAKARTA - The working period of the ministers in the Government Cabinet of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will end this week or to be precise on October 20.

There are names that will continue in the period 2024-2029 and some are confirmed to end. One of them is Basuki Hadimuljono.

Basuki said this was a tough moment for him.

Moreover, he has been in the position of Minister of PUPR for 10 years from 2014 to 2024.

With a voice that was not afraid, Basuki expressed his heart in his last afternoon at the PUPR Ministry Office.

"Indeed, 2-3 days is very difficult for me to get through. But, indeed I know I have to face this. Because there must be a meeting, there must be a separation," said Basuki on the Media Gathering Achievement agenda of 10 Years of PUPR Infrastructure Development at the PUPR Ministry office, Jakarta, Friday, October 18.

"It's starting, it's the end. This is when maybe the last afternoon we met at the PUPR page," he continued.

The man who was born on November 5, 1954, said that although this was a sad afternoon for him, he did not want to consider it his last visit to the PUPR Campus, his nickname for his office.

"But I don't want to also spend the last thing. I want to be an ordinary person later. If I take care of PUPR, I can still take care of PUPR," he said.

In the last moments of his tenure, Basuki did not forget to express his deepest gratitude to the media crew as well as PUPR personnel during his tenure.

He also apologized profusely.

"We just have to calculate the hours to get to the new cabinet. So, I want to thank my media colleagues. No (other) are getting ready to wait for me there (doorstop Friday)," he said.

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who are here and apologize, yes, for the mistakes during our interaction. I did something that didn't match expectations," said Basuki.

The government of President Jokowi will end on October 20, 2024 or only two days away.

Later, the government will continue under the era of Elected President Prabowo Subianto.