Cases Are Strange Until Vocational High School Teachers Are Fired, PKS To Ridwan Kamil: Don't Be Baper

Mardani Ali Sera (Photo via party page)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the DPR from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction, Mardani Ali Sera, highlighted the viral news that a vocational school teacher was fired for commenting on the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil. Ridwan Kamil is said to have first sent direct messages to schools related to this and reported the teacher until the school took action to stop. According to Mardani, all comments on social media should not be sanctioned. Moreover, it just mentions'maneh'. Kata maneh, bahasa Sundanese, artinya kamu, dan biasa digunakan kepada lawan bicara maksimal semagang dan contextnya bisa tidak sanci. Mardani said, as a public official Ridwan Kamil should be wiser by providing education to those who comment. "All actions on social media should not be subject to legal action. Put forward education and restoration. Poor people," said Mardani to VOI, Friday, March 17. The member of the commission in charge of government considered that Ridwan Kamil as regional head needed to have a good attitude towards the community. Moreover, the teacher is his own citizen. "We need a husnuzon to the community. But high standards for officials or holders of the mandate. Let's take care of each noble morals," said Mardani. The PKS legislator for the DKI Jakarta electoral district also suggested that Ridwan Kamil, who is also a Golkar politician, not be carried away by feelings or baper, respond to netizen comments. It would be nice, said Mardani, as governor, the man who is familiarly called Kang Emil must continue to serve the community if he is criticized on social media. "Don't be baper. Instead (it should be, red) think well and serve," he concluded. Previously, the Governor of West Java (Jabar) Ridwan Kamil or Kang Emil emphasized that he was not a leader who was anti-criticism from outside parties, including Muhammad Sabil Fadhilah, a Telkom Sekar Kemuning vocational school teacher in Cirebon City, West Java, in the realm of social media. "I am not anti-criticism, I am open, thousands of criticisms have come in. A leader should not be anti-criticism, so I did not issue an anti-criticism statement," said Governor Ridwan Kamil in Bandung as quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 16. Every criticism or question from outside parties addressed to him in cyberspace is always answered based on these criticisms or questions. "If I'm wrong, I answer with the data. If I joke, I answer jokingly. That there are schools that respond differently, that is the momentum of their regulations," he said. Therefore, when Muhammad Sabil Fadhilah criticized himself on social media using the word maneh, Ridwan Kamil ordered the school to simply remind him. "In my opinion, it is enough to just be reminded, not to be dismissed. As if for criticizing me, I was dismissed. Then I was considered anti-criticism. I don't think so," he said.