JAKARTA - Culture Minister Fadli Zon confirmed that there is no plan to install an escalator in Borobudur, as reported on social media regarding the visit of President Prabowo Subianto and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Fadli said that what was prepared was the installation of a chair elevator or Chairlift to facilitate the mobility of the elderly.
"Yes, there is no confirmation, it's not there. In the video circulating that it was installed by an excavator, not an escalator. The installation of the excavator term escalator and the excavator has been confirmed, it's wrong. So I emphasize that there is no installation of an escalator, what we have is that we have planned for a long time ago, the installation of a Chairlift," said Fadli Zon, Monday, May 26.
"The Chairlift has one seat for inclusiveness, for disabilities for seniors, for bante-bante or something, senior monks who can go up and this has been practiced have been carried out in all cultural heritages in the world," he continued.
The installation of this Chairlift, according to Fadli, has also been practiced in one of the wonders of world culture located in Cambodia. There are even cultural heritages in other countries.
"I've been to Angkor Wat 3 times, in Angkor Wat there, I've been to Acropolis at Atena, it's also common, the rampway is like that. Even if you google at Sistine Chapel, where there are also many Vaticans, there are many elderly cardinals, seniors, that's for inclusivity, it's been our plan for a long time," said the former Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives.
Fadli did not deny that the installation of this chartlift was one of them to accommodate President Prabowo's visit to Borobudur. According to him, the chairman will not damage the temples, but it is still under investigation, especially from a security perspective.
"Yes, maybe the rampway, but in the future we will try this again, we will explore it onwards, but of course we will look at it from a security perspective, and it is not damaging at all," said the Gerindra politician.
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But once again, Fadli ensured that there was no installation of an escalator in Borobudur. "There is no elevator, just a shield. So no, don't imagine an elevator like this or an escalator, it doesn't exist, you know? You have to know the item first, so you imagine it's different later," he concluded.
On social media, video uploads were spread containing a number of iron plates to wooden boards installed on a number of steps from Borobudur Temple to the top.
The installation of a number of iron plates and wooden boards was prepared to sustain the visit of President Prabowo Subianto and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Then, the video upload also invited a netizen response.
"I got news from a friend that someone asked for an escalator to be installed in Borobudur Temple. Is it possible that the concept is like this, yes," wrote the account tweet @madi****.
Information from the location of Borobudur Temple is carried out by engineering a special escalator facility to climb up the temple without crossing a steep stone ladder. Candi stone can last hundreds of years free of metal elements. But in Indonesia, the 1200-year-old temple is fitted with an escalator because the President wants to go up," tweeted the @IGN*** account.
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