Cholil Mahmud Hopes New Ministry Of Culture Will Be More Serious In Fixing The Music Ecosystem

Cholil Mahmud, vocalist of Greenhouse Effect (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

JAKARTA - Greenhouse Effect Front (ERK), Cholil Mahmud, hopes for the new leadership of the Ministry of Culture, namely Fadli Zon as Minister and Giring Ganesha as Deputy Minister.

According to Cholil, the existence of leaders who have a concern for culture is important for culture itself, including music as one of its products.

Moreover, the existence of Giring, who in fact grew up in the music industry. Cholil hopes that Indonesia's music climate will improve.

"Yes, hope is there, we give them the opportunity to work, hope they can really work," said Cholil Mahmud in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, Thursday, October 31.

The deputy minister of music and his Minister also has an interest. Hopefully it can be more serious," he continued.

Cholil also expressed his disappointment with the previous government, which he considered actually damaged Indonesian culture.

"In the past, culture was predicted to be mentally. There used to be a mental revolution, ah, for 10 years it's nonsense, nothing, even our mentality is getting worse after this," said the ERK vocalist.

People start to easily become buzzers, values are no longer important, the important thing is to get money. That's mental damage. And that's what happened," he added.

According to the 48-year-old musician, the separation of the Ministry of Culture from the previous form that is still being merged in the Ministry of Education and Culture can be a good hope for improving the values of Indonesian culture.

"Hopefully it can be improved with a special ministry, because culture is very important," said Cholil.

"Hopefully it can really be realized to be able to improve again, and change Indonesia's mentality to be even better," he said.