Visiting Rizal Ramli's Funeral Home, Moeldoko Loses A Critical Friend

Presidential Chief of Staff, General TNI (Ret.) Dr. Moeldoko, while paying his last respects to the body of the late Rizal Ramli. (Doc KSP)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff, General TNI (Ret.) Dr. Moeldoko, paid his respects to the funeral home of former Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli, on Jalan Bangka IX, South Jakarta, Wednesday, January 3. Moeldoko, who was accompanied by Acting Deputy IV of the Presidential Chief of Staff, Rawanda Wandy Tuturoong, and was received directly by one of the sons of the late Rizal Ramli. On that occasion, Moeldoko paid his last respects to the body.

Moeldoko admitted that he had been in a friendship with the late Rizal Ramli for a long time. Even at every opportunity, he said, he communicated a lot, talked, and spoke critically with the deceased. "Personally I lost, lost my discussion friends, lost a critical friend," he said.

Moeldoko assessed that the critical attitude of the late Rizal Ramli was an equalizer for the government to organize better development. "The government is not allergic to criticism, but the government really respects the criticisms of growing well, so that the government will be stronger," he explained.

As reported, Rizal Ramli died on Tuesday, January 2, after previously undergoing treatment at the RSCM due to pancreatic cancer. General Rizal Ramli will be buried with his late wife at Jeruk Purut TPU, South Jakarta, on Thursday 4 January. "I pray that the deceased will go to heaven," concluded Moeldoko.