JAKARTA - The Governor of East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, mourns the death of the father of the Deputy Governor of East Java, Emil Elestianto Dardak, Achmad Hermanto Dardak.
"On behalf of myself, the government, and all the people of East Java, I express my deepest condolences for the passing of Mr. Achmad Hermanto Dardak," he said at the Grahadi State Building, Surabaya, quoted from Antara, Saturday, August 20.
The governor prayed that all of Achmad Hermanto Dardak's deeds of worship would be accepted by Allah SWT and he would have the best place by His side.
"To the big family of Mr. Deputy Governor Emil, may you be given courage and spaciousness in accepting this ordeal. Everything belongs to Allah and only to Him will we return," said Khofifah, who also serves as Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board.
Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa is scheduled to fly to Jakarta on Saturday to pay a funeral to the deputy governor's family home.
The biological father of East Java Deputy Governor Emil Elestianto Dardak, Achmad Hermanto Dardak, died in an accident on the Pemalang-Batang toll road KM 341+400 towards Jakarta on Saturday morning.
The car that Hermanto Dardak was traveling in had an accident in the Pekalongan area on the way from Semarang City to Jakarta.
Hermanto Dardak's body will be buried at the funeral home at the Binamarga Pondok Kelapa Complex, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, and is planned to be buried in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery on August 21, 2022.
Achmad Hermanto Dardak served as Deputy Minister of Public Works for the period 2010-2014 and Head of the Regional Infrastructure Development Agency for the period 2014-2016.
He is also trusted to be the head of the steering team for the infrastructure development of the state capital of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing.
Achmad Hermanto Dardak is survived by his wife, Sri Widayatie, and three children, namely Emil Elestianto Dardak (Deputy Governor of East Java), Amila Alistiawati, and Eron Ariodito. Hermanto's third child, Eril Arioristanto Dardak, died in 2018.
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