tirto.id - Kanisius College held an award night to commemorate its 90th anniversary at Hall D JIExpo Kemayoran, North Jakarta, Saturday (11/11). The award was given to five alumni across generations. One of them, the famous pianist, Ananda Sukarlan.

The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, was also present at the award. Anies was also lined up to give a speech. When Anies was giving a speech, Ananda Sukarlan suddenly stood up and immediately walked out of the room.

In fact, Ananda was supposed to receive the award with Derianto Kusuma (the founder of Traveloka), Father Magnis Suseno (a Jesuit figure), Irwan Ismaun Soenggono (a Scout leader) and Dr. Boenjamin Setiawan (founder of Kalbe Farma). Ananda's action was followed by hundreds of alumni and other attendees.

However, the incident did not last long. After Anies finished giving his speech and left the event, Ananda and a number of alumni who had walked out returned to their seats.

Ananda then gave a speech after receiving the award. In his speech, the composer of Rapsodia Nusantara explained his attitude in leaving the room. Ananda criticized the committee for inviting Anies to attend the event.

"You have invited someone with values ​​and integrity that are contrary to what we have been taught," Ananda said in a written statement received by Tirto, Monday (11/13/2017).

When contacted by the Editor of Tirto, Ananda did not deny the incident and his statement. He explained the chronology of himself leaving the room where the event was taking place. "Just when Anies talked about the development of Jakarta. What kind of building, is Tanah Abang so chaotic. If it's chaotic, it's not development," said Ananda.

At that time, according to Ananda, he was sitting in the second row of seats. When he stood up and walked to the exit at the back, he admitted, many people saw him. When he walked out, said Ananda, a number of alumni of Kanisius College also followed him.

Ananda admitted that he did not invite his friends to go out. However, later, Ananda realized that the figures who came out a lot were his classmates, namely the class of 1986. "I came back in half an hour after Anies left," said Ananda.

Ananda reiterated that his attitude was not a form of personal hatred. According to him, the move is a criticism of the committee. However, he didn't care if Anies was offended.

"There is no personal grudge. This is a critique to the committee. Why invite someone who gets his position is different from the values ​​taught. Not (hatred) on Anies," said Ananda.

This incident was also circulated in a video uploaded on Facebook. However, Governor Anies Baswedan even admitted that he did not know that there was a famous composer who walked out when he gave a speech. Anies revealed that he only found out about the incident after arriving at the office.

Anies was relaxed about this. "According to Eros Djarot, that does not reflect Kanisius' attitude," said Anies at City Hall, Central Jakarta, Monday afternoon.

The former Minister of Education and Culture admitted that he respects differences in attitudes and views. Anies also said that he gave the right to anyone to express themselves in their own way.

Anies also mentioned the obligation of a governor to protect his citizens. "If then there is a negative reaction, that's just a bonus," he said.