Arkarna, Gitarisnya Temui Jokowi untuk Ucapkan Selamat
Matt Hart, Arkarna Guitarist Met Jokowi to Congratulates
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Gitaris band asal Inggris Arkarna, Matt Hart, menemui Presiden Terpilih Republik Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) di Balai Kota DKI Jakarta, Rabu.
Matt yang tampak rapih mengenakan setelan jas warna gelap ditemani artis Olga Lidya dan Abdee Slank.
Sebelum menemui Jokowi, Matt sempat menemui Wakil Gubernur Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) di kantornya. Ahok menanyakan maksud dan tujuan kedatangan Matt ke Jokowi.
Setelah kembali dari blusukan di Merunda, Jakarta Utara, Jokowi baru menemui sang gitaris.
"Saya sangat mengidolakan Pak Jokowi karena apa yang telah beliau lakukan bisa membawa Indonesia ke sebuah perubahan. Saya senang beliau menang pemilu di sini," kata Matt saat ditemui Antara di sela pertemuannya di Balai Kota.
Matt bahkan mengatakan ingin membuat lagu tentang Jokowi.
"Banyak orang yang tanya soal itu ke saya, haha.. Saya tidak mengatakan tidak," katanya.
Matt yang menemui Jokowi sekitar pukul 17.00 WIB itu mengatakan akan tinggal di Indonesia selama tiga minggu. Seperti diketahui, Arkarna sempat menyambut kemenangan Jokowi lewat Twitter. Menurut mereka, di tangan Jokowi, Indonesia akan memiliki masa depan yang lebih cerah.
Band yang terkenal dengan lagu-lagu seperti "Life Is Free, So Little Time, House of Fire dan Eat Me" itu pernah tampil di Java Rockin Land pada 2010. (Ant)
Jakarta (B2B) - Arkana, a rock band from London, Britain, has commended Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, on Tuesday in connection with his victory in the 2014 presidential election. Matt Hart, the band's guitarist, met with Jokowi in person at the Jakarta'sCity Hall.
"I have always loved Jakarta. When Jokowi was announced as the winner, I immediately bought a plane ticket to Jakarta to congratulate him in person," he said after the meeting.
He remarked that he liked Jokowi very much because of his humbleness, friendliness, close relationship with people, and support to music industry.
"I admire him as he never hesitates to reveal honestly about himself to others. His support to music has also impressed me," he noted.
In response, Jokowi said he was glad to see the musician and had thanked him for the wish that he had conveyed in person.
"Matt had come here to congratulate me and Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi's running mate). Thank you," he exclaimed.
Jokowi pointed out that during the meeting he had also discussed with Matt about issues related to creative industries, especially music in London.
"After conversing with him, I came to the conclusion that three factors had to be taken care of with regard to development of music industry: law enforcement against piracy, infrastructure, and incentive regulation," he noted.
He stated that if the three issues could be implemented, then artists and musicians in the country would be more productive and encouraged to produce art works. At the meeting that lasted for about an hour, Matt Hart was accompanied by Abdee Negara, a guitarist of the country's music group Slank, and presenter Olga Lidya.
Jokowi with his running mate Jusuf Kalla, who was a former vice president, had been declared by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as the winner of the July 9 presidential election. His rival former military figure Prabowo Subianto who had paired with former economic minister Hatta Rajasa, however, had refused the KPU's decision citing massive, structured, and systematic fraud, and had filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court.
