Pramono-Rano Open House: Jakarta Residents Flock to City Hall
Jakarta residents flocked to City Hall to participate in the open house with DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung and Deputy Governor Rano Karno on Eid al-Fitr 1447H, Saturday (21/3).
Observations from CNNIndonesia.com showed residents queuing orderly in the City Hall pendopo to take turns greeting Pramono-Rano.
The queuing residents came from various backgrounds, including online motorcycle taxi drivers (ojol), public facilities and infrastructure handling officers (PPSU), and stroke survivors from KaSi (Kawan Stroke Indonesia).
Additionally, former DKI Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat and his wife were seen attending the open house held by Pramono and Rano at City Hall.
Rano stated that the open house provided an opportunity for him and Pramono to reconnect with Jakarta residents.
“Today is what we call an open house, deliberately held here so we can meet with friends from OPDs and also the community,” Rano said at City Hall.
Rano explained that the event was a precursor to ‘parpipurna’ or the Halal Bihalal scheduled for 11 April.
“This is leading up to our paripurna; paripurna means, God willing, on 11 April we will have Halal Bihalal. So, activities from Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and then Halal Bihalal are actually Jakarta’s efforts to enhance its Global City Index,” he said.
Earlier in the morning, Pramono and Rano performed Eid prayers in the City Hall courtyard, with Indonesia’s 13th Vice President K.H. Ma’ruf Amin serving as the imam, attended by around 2,000 people.
After the Eid prayer, Pramono conveyed that ‘Guard Jakarta’ was the message for Eid al-Fitr 1447 Hijriah. He said the message was the same as what he always emphasised at religious events.
“So, as I have repeatedly stated, ‘Guard Jakarta’ is the main theme always highlighted during religious events,” Pramono said after the Eid prayer in the DKI Jakarta City Hall courtyard, Saturday (21/3) morning, as reported by Antara.
Pramono hoped that Jakarta would remain stable amid global turmoil.
“Hopefully, with all of us guarding Jakarta, even though the world is not doing well, God willing, Jakarta will be fine,” he said.