KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Presidential Palace said that there had been no instruction given to bar Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan from joining President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo during a post-game ceremony at the pitch of the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Saturday night. In a viral video that circulated over the weekend, Anies could be seen being prevented by one member of the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) from joining Jokowi, who was about to give a trophy to players of the Jakarta soccer club Persija for winning the President's Cup tournament. "There was no instruction whatsoever from the President to bar Anies," deputy for the Presidential Press, Media and Information Secretariat Bey Machmudi said in a statement.
No instruction to bar Anies from pitch: Palace
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Presidential Palace said that there had been no instruction given to bar Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan from joining President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo during a post-game ceremony at the pitch of the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Saturday night. In a viral video that circulated over the weekend, Anies could be seen being prevented by one member of the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) from joining Jokowi, who was about to give a trophy to players of the Jakarta soccer club Persija for winning the President's Cup tournament. "There was no instruction whatsoever from the President to bar Anies," deputy for the Presidential Press, Media and Information Secretariat Bey Machmudi said in a statement.