Minister Of Religion Yaqut Guyon 'Select Amin Bid'ah', Anies Baswedan: Smile Aja

Anies Baswedan will be presidential candidate Muhaimin Iskandar and NasDem Chairman Surya Paloh/DOK PHOTO via Instagram @aniesbaswedan

JAKARTA - The presidential candidate (Read President) for the Change Coalition for Unity (KPP) Anies Baswedan, responded casually to the joke of the Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas who said choosing the Amin alias Anies-Muhaimin pair meant bid'ah.

Don't worry, Anies assessed that the statements that tried to discredit Amin's partner were enough to just smile.

"Just smile," said Anies in Jakarta, Friday, September 15.

Meanwhile, Cak Imin chose not to respond to Yaqut's joke. According to him, Yaqut's statement was of no substance.

"Does it need to be responded to? There is no need to respond. There is no substance," said Cak Imin, quoted on Friday, September 15.

Cak Imin will also not give a warning for the words of the Minister of Religion Yaqut, who is known to be one of the PKB cadres. The deputy chairman of the DPR assessed that Yaqut's jokes were part of democratic freedom.

"Democracy is like that, anyone's freedom can say anything. It's a political choice, everyone has a political choice," he said.

Previously, Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas had explained the joke that choosing AMIN meant heresy. According to him, there is nothing wrong with the joke.

"Why is the joke news why? I ask again why is it news? It's not a joke, there's my Head of the Agency, Mr. Amin Suyitno, where's the fault?" Yaqut explained at the DPR building, Thursday, September 14.

Yaqut then asked if there was a presidential candidate with the name AMIN. He didn't even know that AMIN was an acronym for the Anies-Cak Imin pair.

"Oh, I just found out from you that (AMIN Anies-Cak Imin), I don't know that," he said.