Vice President Ma'ruf Refuses To Use Buzzers Or Influencers To Face The King Of Silence's Criticism, The Response Is Elegant!

Spokesperson for Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Masduki Baidlowi, at the Vice President's Office in Jakarta (Photo: ANTARA/HO-Asdep KIP Setwapres)

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin does not use the services of buzzers (buzzers) or influential accounts (influencers) on social media.

This was conveyed by the Spokesperson for the Vice President, Masduki Baidlowi following the criticism submitted by the Student Family Student Executive Board (BEM KM) of the State University of Semarang (Unnes) to the Vice President Ma'ruf.

"God willing, not," said Masduki in his statement as quoted from Antara, Wednesday, July 7.

As the closest person to Vice President Ma'ruf, Masduki views Ma'ruf Amin as a scholar figure who is not affected by bad judgments from others. Ma'ruf Amin prioritizes his performance as vice president.

"I can judge who he is. So he is not easily swayed by people's judgments. He served the country and its affairs so that he could have good deeds that could be felt by his people," he stressed.

Regarding the nickname The King of Silence from BEM KM Unnes, the Vice President did not take this negative title too seriously. Instead, the vice president sees it as an expression of freedom of expression from among students who must have a critical attitude.

"I asked the Vice President for permission to give an answer, he said he didn't answer, it's okay, so that students are smart, there's no problem," he said.

BEM KM Unnes gave negative titles to President Joko Widodo as The King of Lip Service, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin as The King of Silence, and Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives Puan Maharani as The Queen of Ghosting.

According to the Twitter account @bemkmunnes, the digital action is a form of criticism by calling the three of them The Political Trolls, namely public officials who have no clear significance in carrying out their state duties for the Indonesian people.

In his written statement, the Head of the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of Public Relations Unnes Muhammad Burhanudin said the giving of irrelevant nicknames to the President, Vice President, and Chairman of the DPR was internal within the BEM KM Unnes.

"The statement submitted is an internal statement from the BEM KM Unnes and does not represent an official statement from Unnes," said Burhanudin in his statement.

Unnes regrets the hateful upload of the nickname BEM Unnes, even though Unnes respects the freedom of expression of its students while still paying attention to ethics and conscience.