By: Ismail) *
The elected president for the period 2019 – 2024, Joko Widodo, met Prabowo Subianto at Lebak Bulus MRT Station, South Jakarta. When the two met, the two figures were embracing warmly, like old friends who had just met again.
They then greeted the people who had been waiting for them at Lebak Bulus MRT Station. After greeting the community, President Jokowi and Prabowo went straight to the MRT carriage to travel to the Senayan MRT Station.
This certainly becomes a historical record where Prabowo and Jokowi are in 1 Car. Many parties stated that the meeting showed that Jokowi and Prabowo were true statesmen. Apart from the sentiments of the 2019 Presidential Election competition which often heated up, the two figures were in fact committed equally to the nation and state.
Although they had become political opponents, the two of them did not allow people to be polarized as a result of the democratic contest in the form of 2019 elections.
The existence of Jokowi and Prabowo in one carriage gave the message that all elements of the nation must unite and work together to continue development for the advancement of Indonesia.
The historic moment seemed to provide a lesson for all parties, that differences do not hinder a person’s attitude to maintain the unity and unity of the nation.
The International World will certainly see that the meeting signifies political maturity in democracy in Indonesia. Besides that the world will see that Indonesia is a mature country and can be used as an example for other countries, especially countries with a majority Muslim population in the world.
Of course there will be questions, why is the meeting between Prabowo and Jokowi carried out on the MRT. This is apparently not without reason.
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi mentioned a number of reasons. First, a neutral place, so as not to show political tendencies. Second, the MRT is seen as a visionary thing towards the future, it is a necessity of mass transportation which indeed must exist in a big city.
In the meeting, Jokowi ended his MRT trip with Prabowo at the Senayan station. The two figures competed in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections and then walked to FX Sudirman mall to have lunch together.
Budi Karya then thanked Prabowo for praising the MRT as the capital’s new mode of transportation. Even Prabowo also praised, that the MRT in Jakarta is like mass transportation abroad.
Budi Karya also said he was proud and grateful to Prabowo, because indeed our effort to make this MRT is indeed not easy and must be escorted together so that later in Jakarta it will be 100 Km or 2000 Km, so the people in Jakarta do not need to carry their own cars. own motorbike, to any destination we can use with mass transit.
The meeting between Prabowo and Jokowi while inside the MRT carriage was also very fluid. The two rivals also received a very enthusiastic welcome from the people who witnessed it.
Previously, President Jokowi revealed that he chose the MRT as the meeting location, this was because he knew exactly that Prabowo had never tried the new transportation mode of the capital city.
Meanwhile Prabowo also thanked President Jokowi for choosing the MRT as the location for the meeting with Jokowi.
Prabowo said that the meeting was above the MRT
was Jokowi’s idea, because Jokowi knew that he had never boarded the MRT so the chairman of the Gerinda Party felt he had to thank Jokowi for his experience riding the MRT.
The meeting was also highlighted by University of Indonesia (UI) political psychology observer Hamdi Muluk. He said that the selection of Jokowi and Prabowo’s meeting location was a genius choice, because no one expected that the two would meet there.
In addition, Hamdi said that by meeting in public places, there would be no more prestige to mention who invited and invited.
In addition, the MRT is also considered a symbol of the rise of Indonesia. Indonesia has long dreamed of a convenient and fast mode of public transportation to reduce congestion in Jakarta.
The second meeting was also a button that could forget the differences, in the MRT they symbolized themselves as equal fellow citizens of Indonesia.
) * The author is a sociopolitical observer
