BEM UI Calls Jokowi 'The King Of Lip Service', KSP: The Government Is Not Anti-Criticism As Long As It Can Be Accounted

President Jokowi (DOK Secretariat)

JAKARTA - The Presidential Staff Office responded to an upload by the University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) which referred to President Joko Widodo as The King of Lip Service.

KSP Main Expert, Donny Gahral, said that the government is not anti-criticism by the public, especially students. However, the criticism submitted must be based on data and facts so that it can be accounted for later.

"I must emphasize that the government is not anti-criticism. As long as the criticism can be accounted for, it will definitely be responded to," Donny told reporters quoted on Monday, June 28.

Donny said that the government is open to discussing and responding to existing criticisms. Including criticism about the polemic that occurred at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"The president has opinions and opinions, of course, the KPK is independent, so all of this comes down to a collective decision. However, the president has an opinion," said Donny.

Meanwhile, regarding other criticisms where Jokowi admits he misses demonstrations but instead violence occurs when students take to the streets, Donny said this cannot be generalized. "It must be seen one by one, case by case, whether the demonstration contains a criminal element so that it is arrested," he said.

"In essence, the government is not anti-criticism, as long as the criticism is in accordance with data and facts and we respond with data and facts as well," added Donny.

Previously reported, BEM UI gave sharp criticism to President Joko Widodo by calling him the 'King of Lip Service'.

This criticism was shared on various social media belonging to BEM UI, from Twitter to Instagram. In his upload, the student executive body highlighted various promises made by Jokowi that were not kept and said that the former governor of DKI Jakarta often made promises.

"JOKOWI: THE KING OF LIP SERVICE. Hello, UI and Indonesia! Jokowi often sells his sweet promises, but the reality is often not in harmony. He said this, the fact was that," was quoted from the BEM MUI Instagram account.

Various promises ranging from the issue of revising the ITE Law to strengthening the KPK are considered inconsistent. "Everything indicates that the words that were uttered were nothing more than a form of lip service," they asserted.

In the aftermath of this upload, the Rector of the University of Indonesia summoned the BEM UI management on Sunday, June 28 yesterday. There were 10 people who were called, including the Chairman of BEM UI, Leon Alvinda Putra.