JAKARTA - The University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) uses loudspeakers or toa when speaking directly with the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. Even though the debate between the two parties was approximately half a meter apart.
Political observer Rocky Gerung assessed that BEM UI spoke to Luhut with a prayer because he had concerns about the current condition where the rulers were considered to no longer care about the aspirations of the people.
"We see such a model (speaking using the toa), an attempt to inform the public that no one else is trusted in this republic. In fact, a prayer is needed so that it does not enter the left ear and exits the right ear, that's the impression." he said, quoted from the Rocky Gerung Official YouTube channel, Thursday, April 14.
Rocky added that in the debate Luhut spoke as an older figure. According to Rocky, as long as it is carried out in a conducive manner, conveying and hearing the opinions of debate opponents in a campus environment does not recognize the age hierarchy.
So in this case, said Rocky, empathy is not built to understand the meaning of the other person's words because the debating party considers him to be older.
"But above all, Pak Luhut looks playing wise, looks wise 'I am a parent, I advise you as a young person'. At the university there is no age hierarchy, there is a hierarchy of arguments, equality of arguments. suppress the people below," he said.
As is known, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan was a speaker in a public lecture at UI when BEM UI held a demonstration on its campus in Depok, West Java, on Tuesday, April 12.
Luhut and BEM UI then met in an open space in the UI courtyard and got into a heated debate. BEM UI questioned the real data from big data which until now had not been published by Luhut. Meanwhile, Luhut maintains the argument that he does not want to open big data which he claims contains 110 million netizens who support the postponement of the general election.
"Now we ask for big data disclosure, we agree, friends," said BEM UI chairman Bayu Satria Utomo speaking to Luhut using a toa.
"Agreed!" answered the mass of BEM UI at the debate location
"If you agree, I don't agree, right? Can we have different opinions or not?" Luhut replied.
"Yes, that's our goal now to demand that you immediately agree because this is the aspiration of the Indonesian people," said Bayu.
"You are young, you have no right to sue me. Because I have rights," said Luhut.
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