DKI DPRD Member From PKS Says Formula E Jakarta Has No Beer Sponsors

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JAKARTA - Member of the DKI DPRD from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction, Taufik Zoelkifli, specifically stated that in Jakarta, the Formula E electric car racing event does not have beer sponsors due to the pros and cons ahead of the event on Saturday, June 4.

"So, at the Jakarta E Prix, there are no sponsors from beer companies," said Taufik, Friday, May 27.

The member of Commission B of the DKI DPRD said the organizers in Jakarta, namely the DKI Provincial Government and PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) asked Formula E Operation (FEO) as the global organizer not to include the sponsor.

However, he did not explain in more detail whether not to include a beer sponsor logo or to include financial support that was not included in Formula E Jakarta.

In fact, the beer company with the green color and red star is a global FEO sponsor that is attached to every electric car racing event around the world.

Taufik added that based on the explanation from the Managing Director of Formula E Jakarta, Gunung Kartiko, who said that the FEO understood and agreed that there was no sponsorship of the beer company specifically for the event in Jakarta.

"For the Jakarta E Prix, the organizers in Jakarta (Pemda and Jakpro) asked not to include Heineken as a sponsor in Jakarta. According to Pak Gunung, they (FEO) can understand and agree to it," he said.

Previously, the Chairman of the Jakarta Formula E Organizing Commission, Ahmad Sahroni, emphasized that regarding beer sponsorship, it is a global sponsor of Formula E Operation (FEO).

"It's a global drink, global is the FEO center that owns it, for domestic, local partners are different," he said in Jakarta, Thursday (26/5).

Given the global sponsor, then his party can not interfere.

"It's not a domestic business. Can we interfere in their business?" he said.

If you look at the page on fiaformulae.com, the beer sponsor with the green color and red star is one of the global Formula E partners.

Apart from beer, there are also sponsors from airlines, watch brands to international shipping companies.

While the sponsorship for Formula E in Jakarta is still the same as the global sponsor, but there is an additional Jakpro logo and the Jakarta City Collaboration.

Sahroni added that there had been financial support from an entertainment company group of Rp. 100 billion as part of the sponsorship.

Previously, the beer sponsorship of the Formula E Jakarta electric car racing event was highlighted by social media activist Denny Siregar through a tweet on his Twitter account @Dennysiregar7.

"There is a beer brand as a sponsor of Formula E," wrote Denny Siregar on Wednesday (25/5) which got thousands of comments.