JAKARTA - Vice President (Wapres) Gibran Rakabuming Raka gave encouragement to 10 students from SMAN 1 Pontianak who were participants in the Smart and Accurate Competition (LCC) Four Pillars of the MPR 2026 at the West Kalimantan Provincial Level when he received them at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta.
During the meeting, the students of SMAN 1 Pontianak were invited directly by the Vice President to Jakarta for a dialogue, especially after the controversy of the final round of the LCC Four Pillars of the MPR RI regarding the decision of the jury board on the answers of the participants of the intelligent competition. The students were accompanied by three teachers from SMAN 1 Pontianak.
"In there, we were motivated by the Vice President to continue to learn," said Josepha Alexandra Roxa Potifera, who is affectionately called Ocha, when met after meeting with Vice President Gibran at the Vice President's Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday, May 13, reported by ANTARA.
The Vice President, as conveyed by Ocha, also encouraged students to hone their public speaking skills and improve their debating and argumentation skills.
"We were given motivation and tips and tricks, as well as how to do public speaking or debating in public," said Ocha.
On that occasion, Josepha admitted that he was happy to be invited directly to meet the Vice President. He admitted that he never imagined meeting face to face with the Vice President at the Vice Presidential Palace.
"We and the team were very shocked because the information came suddenly," said Josepha,
After meeting with Vice President Gibran, he also stated that the case that occurred during the final round of the LCC Four Pillars of the MPR RI would be a lesson for him and his friends to develop.
"This is an expectation and motivation for us to continue to move forward and develop," said Ocha.
Josepha or Ocha is a student of SMAN 1 Pontianak who received a minus 5 points from the Jury Board of the final round of the LCC Four Pillars of the MPR RI at the West Kalimantan Provincial Level, even though the answer he gave was the correct answer.
Ocha also immediately protested to the jury board during the event, but his protest was not accepted, and the jury board chose to give points to the other team, which eventually made the team the winner.
The video recording which shows the series of events where Josepha answered until finally her protest was rejected by the jury board went viral on social media. Many supports were given to Josepha from various netizens to the leadership of the MPR RI.
The Chairman of the MPR, Ahmad Muzani, then held a press conference to respond to the controversy in the final round of the LCC Four Pillars of the MPRRI at the West Kalimantan Provincial Level.
Muzani announced that the final round of the Smart and Careful Competition for the Four Pillars of the MPR at the West Kalimantan Provincial Level would be repeated, and the event would be directly supervised by the MPR leadership from the beginning to the end. Not only that, the composition of the jury board will also be replaced entirely, given that the old jury board was deactivated due to the error of giving scores during the final round.
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