PKS 20th Anniversary, Anies Present And Shouted President

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was shouted at by "President" during the 20th anniversary of PKS at Istora Senayan, Jakarta. (Diah/VOI)

JAKARTA - Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) Party held a celebration of its 20th anniversary at Istora Senayan, Jakarta. DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was present at the event.

Anies arrived at the location at around 13.23 WIB, Sunday 29 May. While going to the seat provided for him, Anies greeted PKS officials and guests who were present at the location.

The PKS cadres, who were mostly wearing orange and white clothes inside the building, shouted at Anies with the nickname "President".

Realizing the welcome, Anies gave a greeting gesture to greet the masses present. The greeting from Anies was greeted by a standing ovation by the masses.

In addition to Anies, several figures who were also present were the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Agency, Sandiaga Uno, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the NasDem faction Rahmat Gobel, Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party Firman Soebagyo, Chairman of the Democratic Faction of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono (Ibas), General Chairperson of the PKB Muhaimin Iskandar, and several other PKS officials.

In addition, the Chairman of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU), Hasyim Asyari, and the Chairman of the General Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), Rahmat Bagja, were also present.

In a written statement, the Chairman of the PKS 20th Anniversary Committee, Gamal Albinsaid, said the peak of the PKS 20th Anniversary will be the first offline event involving tens of thousands of PKS members and sympathizers.

"After the pandemic conditions have improved after two years, PKS can now hold large open meetings attended by tens of thousands of cadres as a form of gratitude for PKS' two decades of life", said Gamal in his statement, Saturday, May 28.

Gamal said Chairman of the PKS Syuro Council Salim Segaf Al Jufri, PKS President Ahmad Syaikhu, as well as several national figures and general chairmen of political parties who were present at the location of the event, would give a message of nationality.

"Not only that, we will give time for national figures and party chairmen to convey the message of nationality at the PKS pulpit. They are not only present as guests but also provide their views in the forum which will be listened to directly through the PKS Media online channel", he explained.