Take The Eternal Fire Of Mrapen For The National Working Meeting, PDIP Wants To Show No Instant In The Struggle

PDIP Mengambil Api Abadi Mrapen dari Grobogan, Jawa Tengah ke Jakarta/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Eriko Sotarduga said the struggle was like a marathon run. Everyone has stages and preparations so they can't be instant.

This is what PDIP wants to convey when carrying the Abadi Mrapen Fire from Grobogan, Central Java to Jakarta as a symbol of the spirit of the 5th PDIP National Working Meeting.

"Of course it's no coincidence why this Mrapen fire was taken. That the struggle, brothers and sisters, couldn't immediately ces (instan, ed). But like running a marathon, it takes long stages," said Eriko when giving a speech at the Musapen Eternal Fire taking procession in Grobogan, Central Java, Friday, May 17.

This fire-taking event was attended by high-ranking party officials. Among them are the Chairperson of the Central Java PDIP DPD, Bambang Wuryanto or who is familiarly called Bambang Pacul to Hendrar Priadi who is the General Chair of the Red and White Cadets.

Eriko hopes that the fire brought from Central Java will be an encouragement for cadres who will take part in the 5th National Working Meeting so that PDIP can later fight to win the 2024 Pilkada.

For information, the 5th PDIP National Working Meeting will be held in the Ancol area, North Jakarta on May 24-26. Megawati Soekarnoputri as general chairman will give a speech.

"(Rakernas, ed) of course, must revive the spirit of fire that has not been extinguished from Mrapen in Grobogan," he said.

The eternal fire was brought to the 5th PDIP National Working Meeting through the marathon procession starting from Grobogan, Central Java to Jakarta. The total distance traveled reached 526 KM.

Then, the fire will be handed over to Megawati as the opening of the National Working Meeting which will be held on May 24-26, 2024.