Presidential candidate (candidate) number 1 Anies Baswedan visited the Al-Aziziyah Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes), West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, to stay in touch and ask for prayers from scholars.

"We would like to specifically give our appreciation by staying in touch here (Al-Aziziyah Post) and at the same time asking for prayers," Anies said in a written statement quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 19.

Anies said his visit to the Al-Aziziyah Islamic Boarding School was in order to stay in touch with the teachers, religious scholars and students, considering that this boarding school was devoted to memorizers of the Koran.

He explained that he asked for prayers to the teacher, religious scholars in the context of struggle to bring change to a just and prosperous Indonesia for all.

"Alhamdulillah, we were able to stay in touch at the tahfiz Al-Aziziyah Islamic boarding school. So this is in nature to meet with scholars from the students and thank God the event went smoothly," he said.

Anies said at the Al-Aziziyah Islamic Boarding School he conveyed a message that was often expressed when he visited educational institutions regarding government programs in the future when the candidate pair (paslon) Anies-Muhaimin (AMIN) won the 2024 presidential election.

Later, said Anies, he will fight for equality for all educational institutions, both those owned by the state and the private sector.

"We convey the message that we have conveyed repeatedly that one of the principles of justice is equality in providing support for educational activities, both public and religious, including in this pesantren," he said.


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