Anies Baswedan's Family Hopes Mutiara Baswedan's Wedding In Ancol Will Not Disturb Public Interests

The marriage contract for the eldest daughter of the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. Mutiara Baswedan (SPECIAL DOC)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan held a wedding reception for his eldest daughter, Mutiara Baswedan at Putri Duyung Resort, Ancol, North Jakarta for three days, starting today until Sunday, July 31.

Anies Baswedan's younger brother, Abdillah Rasyid Baswedan, hopes that the reception, which will be attended by many high-ranking officials, relatives, and a number of people, will not interfere with the public interest around Ancol.

"The two big families hope and ensure to all parties that the wedding ceremony and reception held in the Ancol area do not interfere with the public interest," Abdillah said in his statement, Friday, July 29.

Abdillah explained that the families of the two prospective bride and groom agreed on the location of the ceremony and reception to be held in the Ancol area with various considerations regarding the application of health protocols in open (outdoor) and closed (indoor) areas.

"This consideration is certainly our concern to comply with the health protocol (prokes). There are indoor and outdoor spaces so that we can run the Covid-related processes to the maximum as well as limiting guests in one meeting room. The process is maintained without reducing the solemnity of the contract and reception," he said.

The committee has also made sure to arrange the presence of guests in order to comply with health protocols.

"We also ask all invitees to maintain the process during the event," added Abdillah.

This morning, Mutiara and her husband, Ali Saleh Alhuraebi officially entered into a marriage contract. Both were seen wearing traditional Yogyakarta clothes. This was revealed by Abdillah Rasyid Baswedan, the younger brother of Anies Rasyid Baswedan. Abdillah revealed, the procession of the marriage contract went smoothly, solemnly, and solemnly.

"The marriage contract procession was solemn and solemn, full of religious and cultural values. The bride and groom wore Javanese traditional clothes, namely Yogyakarta," said Abdillah.

Meanwhile, at the reception, Tia wore a new flea kebaya made of pink velvet and Yogya batik cloth with a sido asih motif and a cemeng background, while Ali wore a surjan and Yogyakarta batik cloth with a sido asih motif and a cemeng background.

According to him, Javanese (Yogyakarta) traditional clothes were also used by Anies Baswedan and Fery Farhati at the time of their marriage contract on May 11, 1996.

"Apart from the same traditional clothes, the story of Tia (Mutiara Baswedan) and Ali is the same as the story of Mr. Anies Baswedan and Mrs. Fery Farhati, which is that they were both met on campus," said Abdillah.

It is known, Anies Baswedan and Fery Farhati met at the Blue Campus, Gadjah Mada University (UGM). Anies is at the Faculty of Economics, while Fery is at the Faculty of Psychology. Meanwhile, Tia and Ali met at the University of Indonesia (UI) Campus. Tia is from the Faculty of Law, while Ali is from the Faculty of Medicine.

Furthermore, the marriage contract procession was complemented by a marriage sermon delivered by Ustaz Nasir Mansur, a cleric from Jakarta and a graduate of Al Maliki Makkah. After the marriage sermon, the consent procession was continued.

As the guardian of the marriage, Anies Baswedan immediately said the consent which was followed by acceptance by the groom. The Head of the Pademangan Religious Affairs Office (KUA), Saepulloh, was also present to record the marriage administration.

The two witnesses to the marriage were the closest people to the family, namely the uncle of the groom and the grandfather of the bride.

After the marriage contract procession was completed and officially became husband and wife, the groom accompanied by his father and Anies Baswedan headed to the main hall of Candi Bentar for a meeting and exchange of rings with the bride, Mutiara Annisa Baswedan.