JAKARTA - Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono confirmed that President Joko Widodo would attend the Formula E event and watch the race live at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) in Ancol.
"God willing, tomorrow, Mr. President is scheduled to watch Formula E live," said Heru when confirmed, Friday, June 3.
Before watching the race, Jokowi will do a grid walk together with the Chairman of the MPR RI as well as the General Chair of the Indonesian Motorcycle Association (IMI) Bambang Soesatyo, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno, Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, Chief Executive of Formula E Jakarta Ahmad Sahroni, Chief Championship Officer & Co-Founder Alberto Longo, and five drivers.
"The president will also greet and take pictures with the racers," said Heru.
Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria Riza confirmed that Jokowi would open the racing event on Saturday, June 4, the following day.
"The president is certainly invited. Not only invited, but also open. We will wait," said Riza at DKI Jakarta City Hall.
Not only Jokowi, the committee and organizers of Formula E also invited all political party leaders to watch the electric car race.
"All party leaders are invited. But I don't know who can (attend) and who can't," said Riza.
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