The Familiarity Of Puan Maharani And The Legislative Market Traders In Solo, Cooking Oil, Tofu, Tempeh And Red Onions Were Also Bought

Gibran and Puan at Legi Solo Market (Photo: screenshot of Surakarta news)

JAKARTA - Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, took the time to meet with traders at Legi Market, Solo after the inauguration, Thursday, January 20. Puan was also accompanied by the Mayor of Solo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), Basuki Hadimuljono.

You don't forget to talk to every trader you meet. Like a mother who is shopping, Puan looks so familiar, enthusiastically greets, talks about buying merchandise from cooking oil, red and white onions, tofu and tempeh to spring onions.

"I want to buy cooking oil, 2 bottles. Then this is half a kilo of red-and-white onions," said Puan to one of the traders at Legi Market, reported by Youtube news in Surakarta.

Traders also seemed to be ready to wrap up every item that Puan ordered. The payment process does not need to pay cash anymore because merchants are equipped with an electronic payment application. Gibran seemed to help when the merchant handed over the packaging of the goods that Puan had bought.

From one point, Puan then reviewed other sections in Pasar Legi. This time, the daughter of PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri bought tofu and tempeh from a female trader.

Without haggling over the price, Puan bought a few pieces of tofu from the merchant. Before leaving, Puan had exchanged stories with traders about the buying and selling process in the market. Several residents around the market were seen greeting Puan.

"Mrs. Puan," said a resident.

"Hello, what's up, shopping? Shopping what?" replied Mrs.

"Shopping onions ma'am," replied the resident.

At the end of the walk at Legi Market, Puan also distributed black T-shirts, with the words 'Mbak Puan' written on them, to residents and traders in the market.

The Legi market burned down in 2018. This market was finally revitalized and inaugurated with a market building capacity of 306 kiosks, 2190 booths and a platform of 700 traders.