In the first day of the festivities, House Speaker Ade Komarudin is scheduled to attend Idul Fitri prayers at the Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta before he visits the official residences of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

After visiting President Jokowi and Vice President Kalla, the Golkar Party politician will open his house to the public in the afternoon. Ade and his family will later depart for his hometown of Purwakarta, West Java, in the evening.

Ade said he would also spend some time with his wife’s parents in Bandung, West Java,  

“These homebound journeys are an obligation because we want to visit our parents,” Ade told journalists at the House complex in Jakarta on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Deputy House Speaker Fadli Zon is scheduled to give a sermon during the Idul Fitri prayers at Oerip Soemohardjo field, East Jakarta.

“I’ve been invited to give an Idul Fitri sermon. This will be my first time to give such a sermon although I’ve been asked three times,” said the Gerindra Party politician.

As with Ade, Fadli is also scheduled to hold an ‘open house event’ for the public in the first day of the Idul Fitri festivities. Before that, he will visit Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto and other senior politicians at their official residences. Fadli will depart for his hometown in West Sumatra on the following day. (ebf)

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