The Palace Calls The Prabowo-Ridwan Kamil Meeting At The Padang Restaurant Due To Personal Closeness

Screenshot - President Prabowo Subianto's four-eye meeting with Ridwan Kamil at Garuda Restaurant, Sabang, Central Jakarta, Thursday (31/10/2024). (ANTARA/Andi Firdaus)

Head of the Presidential Communication Office Hasan Nasbi said the one-on-one meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and the Candidate for Governor of DKI Jakarta Ridwan Kamil at a Padang restaurant in Jakarta, Thursday night, was motivated by personal closeness.

"The two of them do have a personal closeness," Hasan Nasbi was confirmed via text message in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, November 1.

The meeting was published by Prabowo through the personal Instagram account @prabowo which was published on midnight Friday. In the photo frame three posts, it appears that Prabowo's dinner moment with Cagub DKI number 1 paired with Suswono shows the closeness of the two of them.

Through a description of his upload, it was written, "Eating at night with Kang Ridwan Kamil at the Garuda Restaurant, Jalan Sabang, Central Jakarta."

When asked about the contents of Prabowo's conversation with Ridwal Kamil at that moment, Hasan directed him to ask directly to Ridwan Kamil or who is familiarly called Kang Emil.

"But the matter of the contents of the conversation may be asked directly to Kang Emil," he said.

As is known, Ridwan Kamil was once trusted by the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka National Campaign Team (TKN) as the Head of the West Java Province Regional Campaign Team during the 2024 presidential election.

In his statement via Instagram @ridwankamil, the contents of his conversation with Prabowo were told about an hour to discuss many things, one of which was related to the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, in its capacity as a curator.

"Alhamdulillah, one hour joking and discussing many things, including IKN as curator," he said.

He said the dinner menu served was in the form of a variety of side dishes from the Padang menu.

"Because of this dinner, my weight will definitely increase by 1.5 kg. Pak Prabowo's joke to me," he said.

Prabowo also advised Kang Emil to remain enthusiastic in carrying out any tasks.

"Thank you Mr. President for this very special time. May you be healthy and successful in the days of leading this country," he said.