Crowded On Twitter About The Absence Of Minister Of Health Terawan From The Public

JAKARTA - The name of the Minister of Health, Terawan Agus Putranto, is in the spotlight until it is trending on Twitter social media. In fact, he was also absent from the 'Mata Najwa' event to provide the latest information about the corona pandemic in the country.

The video featuring the presenter Najwa Shihab interviewing an empty chair, as an object of the absence of Minister of Health Terawan, is also widely discussed by citizens. They are disappointed with Minister of Health Terawan because of the lack of information that is shared with the public.

"There is nothing more authoritative than the minister to discuss these policies to the public, including the handling of the pandemic," said Najwa, in a video clip, Tuesday, September 29.

In fact, Najwa considered, the public has the right to know what has been, is or will happen related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, Mata Najwa gave Terawan space to explain using a two-way mechanism or discussion.

"Citizens are obliged to obey the law, but citizens also have the right to know what the state has done, is doing and will do," he continued.

Najwa admitted, he had repeatedly invited the Minister of Health Terawan to be a guest at the event he was guiding. However, the Minister of Health always failed to respond to the invitation.

Among the questions were why Minister Terawan 'disappeared' and rarely appeared in public to provide an explanation during the pandemic. Warganet also made various comments.

Not a few of the netizens made memes about empty seats being interviewed by Najwa Shihab. There are even memes that suspect that Minister of Health Terawan will choose to appear on Deddy Corbuzier's podcast rather than on Mata Najwa's show.

Mr. Terawan's clarification on Ms. Nana's invitation #MataNajwaMenantiTerawan pic.twitter.com/yAQSLbDIAI

- Baik_Sangka (@ MatildaLEON99) September 28, 2020

To the extent that the Twitter account @mazzini_gsp commented that the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, was more willing to appear to answer public questions regarding the handling of the Coroba pandemic.

"It's crazy, the idea of @NajwaShihab and @narasitv for a monologue is as if this interview with Minister Terawan is a real slap and an epic journalistic work. Naturally, Pak Luhut is always willing to interview Mbak Najwa even though he is cornered, rather than his fate like Pak Terawan, more embarrassed," write the @mazzini_gsp account.

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