Asked To Go Home Or Not, Anies Baswedan: I Keep The Goal

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan admitted that he would not carry out homecoming during this year's Eid. Usually, he returns to his hometown in Kuningan Regency, West Java.

Anies admitted that he would spend time working to lead DKI to activities during holidays and leave with Lebaran in Jakarta only.

"Keep the gates, me," said Anies when asked about the homecoming plan, met at the DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, April 19.

The former Minister of Education and Culture is grateful that the community is again allowed to go home for Eid after two years of the pandemic.

Anies also gave a message to his citizens who are going home to enjoy the atmosphere of traveling to their respective destinations in various regions in Indonesia. As is known, during this pandemic, the government carried out various mobility restrictions, until finally there was an easing in line with the decline in COVID-19 cases.

"We hope that those who want to go home later, enjoy the trip, don't look at cellphones while traveling, so that our children all the way from Jakarta to their hometowns enjoy the beauty of Indonesia, enjoying the natural wealth of sociology along the way," Anies explained.

"If you open your cellphone, you can do it anywhere, but on the way home, you will have the experience of watching Indonesia Raya," he added.