Anies Baswedan Angry His Photo Appears In Corruption News In Today's Memory, September 9, 2022

JAKARTA Memories of today, three years ago, September 9, 2022, the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan was angry with Kompas Daily editors. The anger arose because Kompas was forming the perception that Anies was a corruptor. Anies' photo was placed in the news of corruption, even though photos and news content were not related.

Previously, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was actively looking for potential corruption from the DKI Jakarta Government's celebration regarding the implementation of Formula E. Anies was asked for a role. However, many believe that Anies will become a suspect.

Anies Baswedan was once predicted to be an anti-corruption leader. Anies continued to show this image when he became Minister of Education and Culture to the Governor of DKI Jakarta. He emphasized that this attitude was not just part of rhetoric.

Anies revealed that he used to be the rector of Paramadina University, he had used the anti-corruption course as mandatory material. Anies wants students to grow up to be anti-corruption agents of change.

Those actions made Anies seen as far from corruption. However, that does not mean that Anies' leadership will not be hit by the issue of corruption. The KPK has sniffed out corruption in the project to organize Formula E at the DKI Jakarta government celebration.

This condition made the KPK summon Anies for questioning on September 8, 2022. The KPK considers Anies to have chosen more knowledge about electric car racing events. Anies is considered the main key to whether or not there is a violation in the implementation of Formula E.

This condition made the KPK criticized by many parties. The criticism arose because the KPK was trying to criminalize Anies. The anti-corruption agency is seen as just looking for faults. In fact, there is not much evidence that leads to corruption in the implementation of Formula E.

"We also have someone who asked, sir, is it taking a long time (Anies) to check? Someone's examination or a request for information to someone cannot be measured for a long time or a short time of examination."

"There must be a lot of questions. Why? Because for the sake of gathering information and evidence. For example, doing pretrial. Go ahead. We are not allergic (criticism) to such supervision, please," said the Chairman of the KPK, Firli Bahuri as quoted by pagenkompas.com, September 8, 2022.

Anies was also questioned by the KPK for 11 hours. However, what surprised Anies was not at his examination. The next day, Anies, or on September 9, 2022, was actually disappointed with the Kompas Daily Editor who placed his photo in the corruption news published when he was being investigated by the KPK.

He considered Kompas as a corruptor. Anies revealed the news title issued by Kompas Daily: Corruption is no longer an Extraordinary Crime. However, it was about the parole of 23 corruption convicts.

Alias, has nothing to do with Anies. Then, Kompas Daily apologized to Anies for an error.

What is strange: what is displayed is a photo of the Governor of DKI. There is no connection with the topic written in the article. At the end of the article there are three small paragraphs about the arrival of the Governor of DKI to the KPK, which also has nothing to do with the news topic.

"Media does have great strength in shaping the perceptions, opinions and feelings of its readers. Because it has this great power, the media must have a big responsibility too," said Anies Baswedan as written on his Instagram account @aniesbaswedan, September 9, 2022.