Jokowi And MotoGP Racers Will Parade In The Capital, Deputy Governor Riza Happy: We Will Show Jakarta To The World

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo:Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria welcomed the parade which will be followed by 20 MotoGP riders with President Joko Widodo on Wednesday next week in the capital city of Jakarta.

"We are certainly happy, yes, the MotoGP which will take place at the Mandalika NTB, there will be a parade in the city of Jakarta," said Riza at DKI City Hall, Central Jakarta, Friday, March 11.

Riza views, the parade in the framework of the MotoGP event will show the face of Jakarta to the world which he considers currently progressing in its construction.

"Of course this will show the city of Jakarta which is clean, neat, attractive, more cool, beautiful. This is good. We can show it to the world, especially to MotoGP riders and the entire crew," said Riza.

Meanwhile, the Polda Metro Jaya will immediately prepare a security route that will be traversed by the convoy of President Joko Widodo and 20 MotoGP racers in order to promote the Mandalika MotoGP motorcycle racing activity.

The Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Endra Zulpan said the police could apply traffic flow engineering and lane closures in order to secure the route that will be traversed by the presidential convoy and 20 MotoGP racers on March 16, 2022. However, the police have not been able to reveal the plans. traffic flow engineering during the parade. "We don't know the exact route, how much distance, but definitely maximum security," he said.

Kombes Zulpan said that the traffic flow engineering plan would be discussed first with the Presidential Security Forces (Paspampres) as the command holder of the RI 1 security procedures.

In this parade, big names such as Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia, Andrea Dovizioso, will bring MotoGP excitement to the capital with a procession that will start and end at the Merdeka Palace.

National racer Mario Aji, who debuted in the Moto3 class this year, as well as Veda Ega Pratama who competed in the Asia Talent Cup, will also enliven the parade with the duet team Pertamina Mandalika SAG; Bo Bendsneyder and Gabriel Rodrigo.