Ironic, Supporting Artists Concert Kamala Harris Remains IDR 313 Billion Debt

The artists' concert supporting Kamala Harris left a debt of IDR 313 billion. (doc the NY Post)

JAKARTA - It has fallen down a ladder. It has lost to the presidential election of the United States, now bad news has come to the candidate for President of the United States from the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris.

Concerts for supporting artists Kamala Harris, which were held the day before the general election, reportedly left a debt of US$20 million or around Rp. 313 billion.

Reported by the NY Post, a number of these concerts present top US artists who support Kamala Harris as president of the country.

Some of the names reported were Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia.

"They burned US$20 million for the concerts and now staff and vendors are worried they won't be paid after reports emerged that the campaign was in debt," the NY Post said on Sunday, November 10.

The current condition of the Kamala Harris campaign team is not ideal. A source quoted by the NY Post said the campaign team had no money because it was all over for campaigns. As a result, these concerts became a debt burden for Kamala Harris.

This condition has even been felt by campaign staff. Many of them have not received their salaries. Several contracts with third parties for campaign activities such as concerts have not been paid, including concerts of supporting artists which were held one day before the general election.

"I'm sure the vendor will start to get annoyed soon," the source said.

Another unnamed source criticized campaign methods that were too wasteful of money. Supporting artist concerts are believed to be a very bad form of using funds. The funds should be used for advertising that explains economic policies when voters are struggling with inflation.

Not used for artist concerts, which in turn did not pay off and left a large amount of debt, namely Rp. 313 billion.

"People care more about their own financial problems, not Oprah telling them that America will no longer exist," he complained.