Anies Praises Riza Patria: The Most Extraordinary Deputy Governor, Meets All Kinds Of Difficulties, He Comes First

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan named Ahmad Riza Patria as his most extraordinary representative when he was together within the scope of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government. Anies said that Riza always appeared first to face various complications.

"If I was asked, who is the work representative, the most extraordinary representative, it is the Deputy Governor who is the most extraordinary. I am lucky that the deputy is Mr. Deputy Governor, Mr. Riza. Why? Whenever he encounters all kinds of complications, he is the one who comes forward first," said Anies Baswedan, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 6.

What is different from the previous representatives, according to Anies, is that Riza continues to maintain cohesiveness and never makes troublesome steps for the ranks of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"For 2.5 years we have been together, compact, not making steps that we all bother each other, absolutely nothing," said Anies.

For this role, Anies thanked Riza Patria. He hopes that such collective work can be maintained even though the task at the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is almost complete by October 16, 2022.

"So if I may order, in the afternoon we meet on the road we pass, please greet each other. Remember, do you want to be in uniform, like it or not, it's the same. Once we work together, we are brothers, we take care of our brotherhood," said Anies.

Anies began partnering with Ahmad Riza Patria in leading the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government since being inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on April 15, 2020.

Riza Patria was elected as the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta replacing Sandiaga Uno, who withdrew due to his candidacy in the 2019 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections with Prabowo Subianto.