Fajarasia.co – The Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, expressed her condolences on the passing of the Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform, Tjahjo Kumolo.
For Puan, Tjahjo is a mature politician as well as a senior who provides many examples and lessons for his juniors, including himself.
“Innalillahi wainnailaihi rajiun. I am very sad. Pak Tjahjo is like family. I call him ‘Om’ because I have known him since I was little as a friend of my parents. Even the children call him grandpa,” said Puan, Friday (1/7/2022).
“I lost one of the most influential seniors in my political career to this day. Deepest condolences to the bereaved family. I hope he is husnul khatimah,” he added.
Puan remembers Tjahjo as a simple, calm senior figure who has high emotional intelligence and spirituality.
“When the PDI-P was outside the government, it happened that Om Tjahjo was the Secretary General of the Party and the head of a faction in the DPR. Om Tjahjo’s calmness and political maturity were very visible when we, who were outside the government at that time, had to make important decisions,” he recalled.
Puan also recalled how Tjahjo continued to accompany her when she was the Chair of the PDI-P faction in the DPR in 2012.
“When I replaced Om Tjahjo as the head of the faction, he continued to accompany me from the start. Even his room was intentionally opposite mine, so that there was always a quick coordination regarding the faction’s attitude, which at that time was very crucial,” said Puan.****
