Megawati Will Attend Semarang Mayor's Inauguration

SEMARANG - PDI Perjuangan DPP chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to attend the inauguration of Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu as Mayor of Semarang at the Gradhika Bakti Praja Building, Central Java Governor's Office Complex, Semarang, today.

Ita, as Hevearita is affectionately known, is currently the Acting Mayor of Semarang after the previous mayor, Hendrar Prihadi, was appointed Head of the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute.

"I'm nervous too. Right now the rehearsal is not witnessed by Mrs. Mega. Tomorrow it will be watched. Hopefully, her presence will be a spirit for me and Semarang," said Ita, as reported by ANTARA, Sunday, January 30.

She conveyed this after attending the dress rehearsal for the inauguration of the Mayor of Semarang for the 2021-2026 period at the Gradhika Bakti Praja Building, Central Java Governor's Office Complex, Semarang.

Among the invitees, the Head of LKPP Hendrar Prihadi is also scheduled to attend the inauguration of the Mayor of Semarang which will be carried out directly by Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.

Ita has served two terms as Deputy Mayor of Semarang accompanying Hendi, Hendrar Prihadi's nickname, before being appointed as Acting Mayor of Semarang on 10 October 2022.

In the second regional head election, namely the 2020 mayor election, Hendi-Ita won against an empty box with a vote of 716,693 votes out of a total of 805,524 voters.

From the schedule, Megawati and her entourage arrived at the Central Java Governor's office at 11.15 WIB, greeted by troops carrying banners, Warak milestones, tambourines, xylophone music, soldiers, and Srikandi troops.

After that, at 11.30 WIB, the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, took the oath and inaugurated the Mayor of Semarang for the 2021-2026 period.