Jakarta –
Presidential candidate of the NasDem party Anies Baswedan, speaking of himself, which often receives criticism from many quarters. He then mentioned the current government, which sometimes shuts down criticism.
The moment Anies discussed this criticism was broadcast in a podcast with Imam Priyono and Hendri Satrio broadcast on YouTube R66 Newlitics. Anies initially explained that she often received rejection from elsewhere when he did something.
“Is it normal (others refuse), what is called disappointment? Disappointment is if it doesn’t live up to expectations, if it meets expectations, don’t be disappointed, those of us who studied science, then go to school, education , read, read history, nothing in history in the political arena agree 100%, does not exist, try to give an example agree 100%” said Anies Baswedan when asked about his seen refusal detik comSaturday (17/12/2022). detik com was allowed to quote content from Hendri Satrio’s podcast.
Anies explained that in politics there must be parties that disagree. He said he didn’t panic when it happened.
“There are definitely those who disagree, there are definitely those who disagree at all. This is a story of hundreds of years. Then when we see someone who disagrees we go ‘waduh-waduh panic’ , no, it’s been like this since the beginning. That is, freedom of opinion, respected “Give a post, don’t delete it, it’s part of normality. And the difference makes us have to give more explanations, more arguments, advantage to whom? to the audience,” she said.
Anies then shared his experience when he served as governor of DKI Jakarta. He admits that he often receives criticisms, to which ultimately these criticisms have to be resolved one by one.
“Imagine, try this, we’re doing it in Jakarta, criticized, right if you’re criticized you have to respond, right? It means our team has to give an explanation, explanation A, explanation B, then who benefits from that explanation? The critics No, the public, now it’s the public Here, for example, there is a policy which is then criticized, then criticized, after being criticized, it is explained why this policy was adopted, what are the advantages, for what purpose , you keep explaining, then you answer again, you answer again, you answer again, that the public gets public education for free,” he explained.
Anies then mentioned the current government which tends to shut down these criticisms. He admitted he was surprised because the criticism was actually public education, as long as it wasn’t a hoax and hate speech.
“Well, sometimes we are in government Check mate This is the criticism, please call, do not criticize again. In a moment, this is effectively public education, it’s there forever, as long as it’s factual, as long as it doesn’t spread lies and hate, that’s all, it’s normal. So if there’s someone who doesn’t agree, that’s fine, after all there are also those who agree,” Anies explained.
Further, Anies then invite all logical parties related to the purpose of holding elections. He said that elections exist because everyone has different choices.
“Look, simple logic, why are there elections? Since we assume that there are different choices, this is the most basic assumption, if we assume that everyone has the same choice, then we don’t need to use elections, because the assumption is that there are different choices because it is permissible to hold elections, then we, when there are people on the street there are people with different choices, then we ask ‘Lord, why are they different choices?’ Yes, that’s fine, that’s why we have the election,” she said.
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