Magelang – Sholeh, the owner of a street food meatball stall in Bandongan District, Magelang, received happiness. The reason is, his merchandise was visited by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Monday (29/1) afternoon.
His street food stall became a stopping place for Jokowi and Prabowo to eat meatballs together after attending the inauguration of Graha Utama at the Military Academy (Akmil) in Magelang.
“Today, January 29, Alhamdulillah, my stall had unexpected guests, the President of the Republic of Indonesia Mr. Jokowi and Mr. Prabowo came to my stall in Bandongan,” said Sholeh happily.
Sholeh was very grateful that their meal together at his place went smoothly. According to him, Jokowi and Prabowo seemed to really enjoy his meatball dish with fresh coconut water.
Previously, he admitted that he had doubted his ability to prepare hundreds of orders of meatballs a day before Jokowi and Prabowo’s visit. In addition to preparing meatball dishes for the two of them, he also made 400 portions to be distributed free to the residents.
“The day before, the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) from the central office came to me and asked permission for a state visit,” Sholeh explained.
“I asked myself, can I prepare it? Actually, I was doubtful, but I was optimistic that I had to be able to do it. It turns out that everything went smoothly,” he continued.
Sholeh also shared that his family was very happy to take photos with Jokowi and Prabowo. Moreover, he and his elementary school-aged child were very happy to have the opportunity to shake hands directly with Prabowo.
“We even shook hands with Mr. Prabowo. Here’s the photo. Alhamdulillah, it was very unexpected,” Sholeh said.
He assessed Prabowo, who he met for the first time in person, as very kind and friendly. “From my personal perspective, he’s good. It’s indescribable. He even ate my meatballs himself,” he explained.
Sholeh revealed during the handshake moment, Prabowo expressed his wish for the success of his meatball business. “There was a wish for success always (from Prabowo),” said Sholeh.
He also prayed for Prabowo to be able to lead the country so that all parties could remain united.
“Mr. Prabowo, may you always be in good health and (hopefully) be able to lead this country to remain united in diversity, E Pluribus Unum,” he expressed.
At the location, not only Jokowi and Prabowo were present, but also several artists and influencers such as Raffi Ahmad, Nagita Slavina, Atta Halilintar, Ria Ricis, Lula Lahfah, Rachel Vennya, Salim Nauderer, Tara Budiman, Christian Bong, Celine Evangelista, and Aan Story. They all appeared wearing plain white shirts. (SENOPATI)
