Angry Politicians Display Bigger Photos Than Greysia/Apriyani, Warganet: Names, Covert Campaigns

JAKARTA - A number of Indonesian politicians and officials took advantage of Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu's success at the Tokyo Olympics by displaying their photos on posters congratulating the women's badminton doubles success. Netizens were furious.

They considered the actions taken by politicians to be tacky. Moreover, most of them display larger photos than the athletes who excel.

There are also those who question the essence of the famous politicians behind the accomplished athletes. He said their action was a covert campaign.

"What is the essence of what politicians say in saying this, do politicians have no achievements, they are just a burden on the state. Then there are athletes who excel and use their names and photos as covert campaign materials?" write an account named @belumliburan.

The chairman of the DPR, Puan Maharani, did not even escape the target of netizens. Known as the jargon 'flapping the wings of diversity' for the sake of the 2024 presidential election, Puan uploaded a poster with a special design.

"Stop it, bro, the mother of the wings of diversity has already released the design," tweeted the account @adriansyahyasin.

Check it out, other netizens' tweets:

Greysia/Apriyani won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics after eliminating the Chinese women's doubles Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan on Monday, August 2.

In the women's doubles badminton final which lasted for 55 minutes at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, Greysia/Apriyani won in two games with a score of 21-19, 21-15.