This Is President Heru's Response His Name Was Encouraged By The DKI DPRD To Replace Anies Baswedan

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (Kasetpres) Heru Budi Hartono. (Antara)

JAKARTA - Head of the Presidential Secretariat (Kasetpres) Heru Budi Hartono responded to the question that his name was said to be the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta to replace Anies Baswedan with the DKI DPRD choice.

Heru admitted that he did not want to comment on the many articles, his name and the other two candidates for the Acting Governor of DKI were only limited to the proposal of the DKI DPRD. These three names still have to be compared by the name of the Acting Governor candidate prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

"There is still another process. It is still far from being processed at the Ministry of Home Affairs," Heru told reporters, Wednesday, September 14.

For information, Tuesday, September 13, the DPRD has determined the names of three candidates to replace Anies Baswedan who will lead Jakarta from October 17 until the Governor of DKI has just been inaugurated according to the results of the 2024 General Election.

This was obtained from the results of a joint leadership meeting (rapimgab) of nine factions of the DKI DPRD. Each faction has three names proposed. Thus, a total of 27 votes will be gathered to screen the candidate for Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta.

As a result, four names were netted, namely the Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono, Regional Secretary of DKI Jakarta Province Marullah Matali, Director General of Polpum Kemendagri Bahtiar, and Deputy IV Presidential Chief of Staff for Information and Political Communication Juri Ardiantoro.

From the results of a meeting chaired by the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, it was shown that Heru got 9 votes, Marullah 9 votes, Bahtiar 6 votes, and the jury got 3 votes. Automatically, the name of the jury died to be proposed by the DPRD to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Today, the names of Heru, Marullah, and Bahtiar have been brought by Prasetyo to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the three names of the candidates for the Acting Governor of the DKI Jakarta DPRD proposal will be juxtaposed with three other names chosen by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In the end, President Joko Widodo will choose one of the names to serve as Acting Governor of DKI.