Viral Jokowi Kepleset Lidah Sebut 'Provinsi Padang', Istana: Maksudnya Provinsi Sumatera Barat

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo mistakenly called the city of Padang a province. He made this point when he reviewed the location of the Pekanbaru-Bangkinang toll road construction.

Jokowi's statement was clarified by the Head of the Presidential Secretariat (Kasetpres) Heru Budi Hartono, saying that Jokowi meant West Sumatra Province.

"When reviewing the toll road earlier, that the toll road from Pekanbaru will continue to Padang City, West Sumatra Province. That means," Heru said when confirmed by VOI, Wednesday, May 19.

This morning, Jokowi monitored the progress of the construction of the 40 kilometer toll road which is included in the Trans Sumatra toll road network.

"This morning I visited and saw the progress of the development of the Trans Sumatra toll road construction on the Dumai-Pekanbaru section and it will be in the Pekanbaru, Pangginang and later Padang directions," Jokowi said in a YouTube broadcast of the Presidential Secretariat.

Jokowi said that the progress of the construction of this toll road has been running for approximately 40 kilometers. He hopes that the construction progress will be completed soon.

If the addition of toll roads is completed soon, said Jokowi, the mobility of goods and movement of people will be carried out more easily. So, it can increase the competitiveness of domestic products.

However, there was a mispronunciation in Jokoei's speech, he called Padang a province.

"With the opening of many toll road sections, we hope that the mobility of goods for people's mobility can be accelerated and that we have high competitiveness against other countries and existing products in Riau Province and Padang Province will have high competitiveness. especially in order to compete with products from other countries, "he said.