Jokowi Wears Traditional Betawi Clothes At The Annual Session, PDIP Doesn't See The Code For Kaesang To Advance For The Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

President Joko Widodo (DOK Capture Youtube screenshot)

PDIP politician Aria Bima assessed that the traditional Betawi clothes worn by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) while attending the annual session of the MPR/DPR/DPD RI were not symbolic politics, his youngest son, Kaesang Pangarep, ran in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. According to him, traditional clothes are the expression of the head of state to support various Indonesian cultures. "No, if that is the case. It is extraordinary that during Pak Jokowi's administration, which was promoted by PDIP, interpreting the August 17 commemoration along with August 17, well, we commemorate the celebration of August 17 with the raising of the heirloom flag and that's a warning so that we can remember. But the expression of joy is more nuanced in the cultural cultural aspects with existing diversity," said Aria Bima at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday, August 16. "So wearing a Betawi shirt or NTT or Bali-style clothes or whatever, it is part of the archipelago. I support only those are expressions of nationalism and pluralism from PDIP," he continued. Aria also suggested not to think narrowly by linking Jokowi's traditional clothes to his son's candidacy in the 2024 Pilkada. "Don't be too narrow, the big narrative is a big narrative. This is a head of state, not just a head of government," he said.

"So whatever the clothes are in the Betawi area clothes, I see that it is also an expression of our diversity, I think it is," concluded Aria.