Asked By Prabowo To Take Care Of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil: Frankly, I'm West Java's Comfort Zone

Cagub Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil. Photo: Nailin/VOI

JAKARTA - The candidate for governor of Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil, told about how he decided to run in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. The chairman of the West Java Prabowo-Gibran TKD revealed that he was asked by the President-elect, Prabowo Subianto, to take care of Jakarta even though his comfort zone is West Java. "We have held a contestation during 2024, and thank God our presidents are Pak Prabowo and Mas Gibran as vice presidents of Allah's elected destiny. Now that is one of the reasons for me to go to Jakarta because he (Prabowo, ed) was asked to take care of Jakarta," said Ridwan Kamil at Fanta HQ, Menteng, Jakarta, Monday, September 2. "Frankly, if you want, my comfort zone is in West Java," he continued. The reason, continued RK, the level of acceptance and his election to return to lead West Java is very high. However, as a Golkar cadre, the man who is familiarly called Kang Emil obeyed the party's orders to serve in Jakarta. "Because I have become the governor there, it is true that 90 percent of the Approval rating wants to choose 70 percent. So if you want to relax there (West Java), but Pak Prabowo shows please take care of Jakarta," said RK.

"Because the Golkar Party is a coalition, I said I was ready to be assigned to Jakarta. With the dynamics to this day, it's busy, right, that's called politics. But I've become a party cadre. If you become a cadre, the negotiation party is carried out by our leadership. If we are independent in negotiations by ourselves," concluded Kang Emil, who now wants to be called Bang Emil.