PDIP Furious Democrat Cadres For "Smooth Thigh" Chirp

JAKARTA - Head of the PDI Perjuangan DPC for South Tangerang City, Wanto Sugito, admitted that he was furious at the harassment tone of politician Cipta Panca Laksana from the Democratic Party about "smooth thighs for the deputy mayor of South Tangerang".

According to Wanto, the chirp led to the only female candidate for Deputy Mayor Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo. Rahayu is a candidate for regional head promoted by PDIP and Gerindra.

"Democratic Party elites lack ideas, their social media tweets are immoral. Politics should build civilization, seeing women as a way of culture. Women are equal to men, not vice versa, they denigrate the dignity of women," said Wanto in his statement, Sunday, September 6. .

Wanto assessed that the Democratic Party's Central Leadership Council should pay attention to its cadres to help educate the public, not become actors of harassment. He said the act could be categorized as sexual assault without physical contact.

"It could be a criminal act because it has violated the norms of decency in society and because it went viral into public consumption," he said.

As is well known, the cadre of the Democratic Party, Cipta Panca Laksana, made a statement that tones harassing one of the candidates for deputy mayor of South Tangerang. This statement was conveyed via his Twitter account @ panca66 on Friday, 4 September.

"The thighs of the candidate for deputy mayor of Tangsel are very smooth," he wrote.

The thighs of the candidate for deputy mayor of Tangsel are really smooth

- #RepublikDagelan (@ panca66) September 4, 2020

Although he did not mention names, of the 3 pairs of candidates for regional head who advanced in the South Tangerang regional election, the woman who ran as a candidate for deputy mayor was Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo.

Meanwhile, Sara admitted that she was disappointed because there were senior political figures who gave examples to the community to objectify a candidate for regional head.

"Yes, it was said that he did not include names. So he could only mean other candidates for deputy mayor who are all male. Maybe. But my attitude is clear. There is no tolerance for even verbal sexual harassment," Sara said in a statement. his written statement, Saturday, September 5.

As people who pay attention to women and children, according to him, currently too many women have experienced and tolerated sexual harassment. This, he said, must be stopped.

"As an activist for women and children, I regret this incident and the perpetrators must know that it does not elevate the status of women but injures the dignity of women, especially female athletes," she said.

"Please the public who judge, but I side with the victims of sexual harassment and state that they do not need to face this alone and indeed there must be an improvement in attitudes through education about morals and character and manners," added the nephew of the Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto.