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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Depok mayoral candidate led by PDI Perjuangan, Afifah Alia | spreading confessions about accusations sexual harassment that he received from the candidate pair (paslon) of his opponent, Imam Budihartoni alias IBH, who was promoted by PKS.
Afifah and Imam are the opponents at the Pilwalkot Depok to be held on December 9. PDIP’s Afifah partnered with Pradi Supriyatna. Meanwhile, Imam is paired with the mayor of Depok, Mohammad Idris.
On her release, Afifah admitted that she was insulted by the IBH attack by telling her: “Share the same room with me, Ms. Afifah.”
The statement made by IBH, Afifah said, occurred when the two underwent a medical examination as a condition of nominating the election for mayor of Depok on September 8, at Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung.
“At that time I was furious, I was very angry, but I chose to remain silent. I was preparing for a two-day medical examination,” Afifah said in her statement on Thursday (10/9).
Afifah said the incident started when the two of them and other pairs of candidates underwent a two-day medical check-up in Bandung. The incident occurred on the first day, when the two were assigned rooms for the night for potential regional chiefs.
According to room division by hospital officials, candidates get an adjoining room.
“When the hospital staff informed me of my room, suddenly Pak Imam Budi said ‘just share a room with me, Ms. Afifah,'” she said.
At the time of the incident, Afifah said Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris, who also witnessed the incident, only chuckled when he heard Imam’s words. He was reluctant to comment when asked for clarification via text message.
Afifah then revealed what happened to him on his way back to Depok. He said the team accompanying him was angry.
Afifah felt that IBH’s words had degraded her as a woman. Although the words of the West Javanese DPRD members were meant to be a joke, according to him, they implied indifference towards women.
“What do you mean by ‘just share a room with me, Ms. Afifah’ when the layout of the isolation rooms is part of the medical examination procedure for candidate couples at the hospital,” Afifah said.
Indeed, Afifah admitted that at the time she had dressed modestly, covered her nakedness and veiled. Therefore, she regretted what IBH said. Afifah assessed that IBH had done something inappropriate because he had perverted thoughts.
He also regretted the response from Idris who witnessed the incident, laughing out loud.
“You might think this is kind of funny. I want to know, what if this happened to your mother, your wife, or your daughter, would you just be quiet and calm?” Afifah said.
“If the answer is yes, after the case, it is clear that we are different. They are patriarchs who do not believe that women can be in the same position as humans,” he added.
The magnet’s response
Imam denied Afifah’s accusation and said that Afifah’s statement did not match what had actually happened.
In Imam’s version, the incident occurred when the two pairs of candidates met.
“So, in my opinion, the incident is wrong, yes. Although there are many witnesses, it is not certain that they will listen to all of them,” Imam said by phone to CNNIndonesia.com, Thursday (10/9) night.
The Imam, who claims to have known Idris for a long time and is close to Idris, as well as his opponent Pradi, admitted that he felt uncomfortable when they met as candidates for Pilkada. so he tried to break the ice.
At that time, Imam said, he spoke about his candidacy, especially regarding Pradi Supriyatna, who was paired with Afifah. In fact, according to Imam, if Pradi and Idris came back in pairs, it would be hard to beat.
“So I said no necessarily. If Abang (Pradi) was paired with Pak Wali (Idris), I was paired with Afifah. I said that, just a joke, actually,” he said.
In the middle of the joke, Imam admitted that he saw Afifah sitting alone and then asked Afifah to come and break the ice.
When Afifah began to approach, according to Imam’s version, RSHS officers arrived to divide the rooms of the candidate pairs, each candidate had a room. According to the Imam’s confession, he then asked a joking question.
“Oh I see ma’am. I can’t be alone, I said that. For both of us, I’m with Afifah, my grandson. I said it right. So there’s a prayer behind him that he doesn’t hear. Maybe because we wear masks, we both they wear masks. maskPerhaps he did not hear the additional prayer, “Imam said.
Imam said he was surprised to hear Afifah’s version of the statement, especially regarding the description of the place. He said the incident occurred in the park, while Afifah recounted the incident during the trip to the room. As a note, in the written statement obtained CNNIndonesia.comAfifah did not mention the location of the incident.
“When I found out that he wanted to go to the elevator, I immediately said that he had said he was sharing a room with me, if he thought it was a lie,” he said.
Also, Imam said that he was new to Afifah at that time. The meeting of the two was also the first.
Political attacks before Pilkada
However, Imam suspected that Afifah’s confession was an attack on him as an opponent in the Depok Pilkada. However, he regretted the way the Afifah campaign had brought him down and was not substantial in his ideas.
“Yes, this is the Pilkada, yes it is clear. Everything is related to the Pilkada. I only want in the Pilkada, the contest is a matter of ideas, not something like that,” he said.
Imam also emphasized that he was reluctant to apologize for his comments. Because, according to him, there was nothing wrong with what he said.
“It’s a bit funny if there is an apology. Because I’m not wrong. The problem in the case is that I’m not wrong. Why do you have to apologize. Well, that’s right,” he concluded.
(thr / wis)
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