Daily News Indonesia – The presence of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) was a long-time deram of the citizens of Jakarta.
This can be seen in the confession of the former Governor of Jakarta, former army general, Mr. Sutiyoso, who thanks the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, who has successfully realized his dream and of citizens of Jakarta during his reign as governor to complete the project.
JIS is now in the latest stage of its finalizaton in order that the stadium will be officially inaugurated in the spring of 2022.
Mr. Sutiyoso, who had led the Jakarta Provincial Government for two terms in ten years (1997-2007) said that the JIS stadium was one of his dreams that had not been realized when he was governor. However, his dream is later has been realized by the current Governor of DKI Jakarta, Mr. Anies Baswedan.
“Of course I thank him (Anies-ed). This is one of my dreams,” said Sutiyoso on the Karni Ilyas Club YouTube Channel, quoted by KBA News in Jakarta, Friday (31/12/2021).
The retired army general said that when he was still the governor of Jakarta in 1997, the Jakarta football club, Persija, was considered an unaccounted for club in the Indonesian football scene. Moreover, at that time Persija did not have its own stadium as its main headquarters.
Sutiyoso admitted that he had tried to find land to build a stadium for the team nicknamed the
Macam Kemayoran (Kemayoran Tigers), and in the end got a plot of land in BMW Park, North Jakarta at the end of his term of office in 2006.
Governor Anies has doubled the size of the land, which is now the currect location of the JIS.
“Now that the land and stadium have been built by Anies, that’s JIS. And I’m happy, I’ve had time for a visit to go there, but it’s not yet 100 percent complete,” he said.
Sutiyoso said, football has become one of the most popular sports in Indonesia, because through football the acceleration between the nation’s children is resolved and also unites all people regardless of background.
Sutiyoso also admitted that he was involved in the establishment of The Jakmania or the Persija fan community when he was governor. For Sutiyoso, this forum for supporters can unite Jakartan residents from various ethnicities and races in Indonesia into one solid community.
“It’s filled with young people. Representing the Batak, Sundanese, Javanese and others. It merges. And I think the number of its members are now more than 100 thousand,” he explained.
It is known that JIS is currently entering the finishing work and will be inaugurated in February 2022 by Anies Baswedan.
JIS itself has now become one of the icons of the City of Jakarta based on the presentation of Director of PT. Jakpro Widi Amanasto. (kba)
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