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Suara.com – Economist Rizal Ramli tells the story of his presentation to President Jokowi. Rizal Ramli said that at the time Jokowi aka Joko Widodo was still the governor of DKI Jakarta.
Shot down by Rizal Ramli, at that moment Jokowi suddenly came to his office asking for help. At the time, Rizal Ramli was asked to help Jokowi complete the MRT project that had not been running for a long time.
“Mas Rizal, I really want this MRT project to work, but I am not going because it is too expensive. I have changed directors to reduce costs, it does not work either. It seems that you have to negotiate directly with Japan. I have no relationship abroad, ask him help Mas Rizal, “Jokowi told Rizal Ramli.
Launching Hops.id – Red Suara.comWhen Jokowi asked him for help, Rizal was serving as an economic adviser to the United Nations (UN).
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A week after Jokowi called for help, Rizal Ramli met with the MRT boss Jokowi was referring to in Tokyo, Japan. During the meeting, Rizal called for renegotiations to take place in Jakarta so that the project could continue to operate again.
“In the end the project was working,” said Rizal Ramli in Club Karni Ilyas quoted from his Youtube channel, Saturday (10/24/2020).
After the project was underway, Jokowi, Rizal Ramli said, then sent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama aka Ahok to meet him at the office. At that time, they wanted Rizal Ramli to become the President Commissioner of the MRT.
“I’m not looking for work, I’m busy. If Jokowi needs me, I need to find a solution, that’s fine, we have a lot of networks,” said Rizal Ramli, who later declined the offer to Ahok.
Jokowi’s compatibility with Rizal Ramli apparently reoccurred when the former mayor of Solo was elected president. Yes, Jokowi wants Rizal to be included in his government cabinet.
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Jokowi’s wish at the time was to conspire Rizal in office to take control of the economy. But sadly MP Jusuf Kalla at that time refused. The same was done to JK to Rizal Ramli during the reign of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
“At the time of SBY it was the same, even at the time of SBY, I had even signed it. Rizal Ramli, the coordinating minister, received a foul from JK, after SBY kept him as finance minister, he no longer agreed. Finally he asked Rizal Ramli to become a minister of BUMN. He no longer agrees. “
“In the last minutes I was appointed Minister of Industry in the first SBY cabinet. I refuse, that is not our advantage, “he said.
The same thing happened during the Jokowi era. JK has always been openly opposed to the presence of Rizal Ramli in the cabinet.
“When I was in Jokowi, he asked me to be the coordinating Minister of Economy, Mr. JK did not agree.”
Until one day, a year later, Rizal Ramli admitted that he was summoned by the president to the Bogor Palace. At that time, Jokowi said that there was no coffee or food in the Palace, because he had ordered many messengers to leave, so that Rizal’s arrival would not leak.
At the time he said that Rizal would help him as Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs. At the time, Rizal refused and said thank you.
“That is not my area of excellence. I have a list of names for this. No, I want Mas Rizal, because Mas Rizal is a brave man, second, understand the problem. If it is only for courage, then thugs. If you understand the problem, there is no value, there is no change. That is why I want Mas Rizal “.
Rizal repeatedly refused. He told Jokowi, please call him if there is any problem, he will be ready to help you.
Finally, Jokowi, Javanese style, showed his humility to Rizal.
“But Rizal, it was not actually me who asked for help, but the one who asked Indonesians who want a better life for help. I heard that he was weak. I finally said that I had taken the lesson, but with a request, I did not inform the Mr. JK. And granted. “
At that time, many things were done. But in the end he was summoned to be replaced because the Palace said he needed a shakeup.
“There are people who are upset by my presence. In the past, JK was very dominant in all cabinet meetings, so when I arrived I disbanded. Because Pak Jokowi listens to me better,” he said.
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