Anwar Ibrahim Sendungkan Bengawan Solo Even Though He Prefers The Song Azizah

Anwar Ibrahim (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sung Bengawan Solo's song when asked by students whether the song represented his character and struggle so far.

My favorite song, Azizah, said Anwar, tries to clarify the real favorite song, which was greeted by laughter from the audience who took part in the Dialogue with the Majlis Student Representative of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) throughout Malaysia which was followed by Antara online in Kuala Lumpur, Friday.

According to the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia, the song Bengawan Solo is really beautiful. Even though he talked about the Solo river in Indonesia, for him it was very Malay and natural.

Your spring from Solooo, flowing downstream..., sendung Anwar singkat, which was greeted with laughter from the present.

Anwar then said the reason he was attracted to Bengawan Solo was because this song tells the Solo river, to the beauty of nature there. And that impressed Anwar.

However, he admitted that he preferred the song Azizah created and popularized by P Ramlee, Malaysia's great artist, because it was related to romance.

Azizah is also the wife of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

He is a politician who is currently also a member of parliament representing the Bandar Tun Razak area.

In 2018-2020, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, accompanying Mahathir Mohamad as then 7th Malaysian Prime Minister.