According to Atta, Jokowi (in a blue suit) attended his and Aurel’s wedding to act as a witness to their marriage. People aren’t allowed to hold wedding parties but a celebrity’s wedding is personally attended by the country’s leader. For public health expert Irma Hidayana, Jokowi’s excursion to the wedding is “insensitive” at best and ignorant at worst. Coming to a lavish public wedding is the opposite of this.”“Jokowi’s gesture could end up stoking public scepticism about the pandemic, ” Wisnu said. “For a year, people have had to sacrifice their weddings, or even had their wedding party dispersed by security forces.

Source: The Star April 11, 2021 00:22 UTC