JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has spoken in response to the upload by the University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) which calls itself The King Of Lip Service.
According to him, what these students convey is a form of expression and criticism. So, Jokowi asked the campuses not to block the criticism conveyed by the students.
"I think this is a form of student expression and this is a democratic country. So criticism is okay, universities don't need to prevent students from expressing themselves", Jokowi said in a video caption that was shown on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Tuesday, June 29.
The former governor of DKI Jakarta reminded that there is a culture of manners and manners that must be obeyed by everyone, including students.
"Remember, we have a culture of etiquette, we have a culture of manners," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta.
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However, he considers the criticism leveled by the students as normal and does not need to be exaggerated. Moreover, since the first, he has been criticized a lot or called klemar-klemer (slow motion, lazy), plonga-plongo (mouth open, dumbfounded), authoritarian, until he is said to be a lame duck and a Mr. Bipang (Mr. Pork Roast).
"Yes, I think it's normal. Maybe they are learning to express their opinions", said Jokowi.
After all, there are more important things to do right now, according to Jokowi. Namely, focusing on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic that is currently happening in the country.
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 the 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 mere form of lip service", they asserted.
In the aftermath of this upload, the Rectorate of the University of Indonesia summoned the BEM UI management on Sunday, June 28 yesterday. 10 people were called, including the Chairman of BEM UI, Leon Alvinda Putra.
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