PDIP Male Cadre Not Festive Enough To Applaud Puan Maharani, Megawati: Really Angry

Puan Maharani/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - PDI-P General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri rebuked her party's male cadres who were deemed not enthusiastic about clapping their hands when she shared the achievements of DPR RI Chairman Puan Maharani.

This moment occurred when Megawati said that being the chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) session was not an easy job. As for this year, his daughter holds the hammer as Chair of the 144th IPU Assembly and Related Meetings in Nusa Dua, Bali.

"IPU is difficult, you know, it's more difficult to manage it than with the government. Opo has examined the western countries, so the entry is the most difficult when drafting," Megawati said in front of her cadres at the opening of the PDIP National Working Meeting at the PDI-P DPP School, Lenteng. Agung, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 21.

Due to her duty as Chair of the IPU Session, Megawati appreciates Puan's success. "It's hard for him to become the head of the IPU," he said.

The appreciation was warmly welcomed by the National Working Meeting participants. However, Megawati instead rebuked her cadres, who were mostly men, because she judged that they were not enthusiastic about appreciating Puan Maharani's work.

"It looks like the sing lanang applause isn't great, sing piye ngono, you know. It's really annoying," he said.

Megawati then turned off the mic to reprimand the PDIP cadres. The loudspeaker was turned off for about two minutes.

Regarding this moment, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto revealed that when the loudspeaker was turned off, Megawati reminded that men and women must be in one wing without discriminating. There shall be no discrimination, including gender discrimination.

"Reminding us all that men and women are a flap of wings to go to our great Indonesia," said Hasto after the event.

Hasto also said that in the Pancasila ideology, discrimination should not exist anywhere in any way. "Whether it's religion, ethnicity, gender, social status, that's what my mother reminded me," he said.

"And in turn, I remind you that there will be no men without women," said Hasto.