The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan was invited by Kanisius College to give a speech at the 90th anniversary event of Kanisius College, at Hall D JIExpo Kemayoran. On this occasion, there was an award presentation agenda to five alumni of Canisius College across generations. (For information, Canisius College is an educational institution owned by Catholics, which is devoted to men.)
The five alumni are, firstly a pianist, Ananda Sukarlan, secondly Derianto Kusuma, founder of Traveloka, thirdly Father Magnis Suseno, a Jesuit figure, fourth Irwan Ismaun Soenggono, a Scout leader, and finally Dr. Boenjamin Setiawan, the founder of Kalbe Farma.
However, when Anies was giving a speech, pianist Ananda Sukarlan suddenly left the room (Walk Out). Hundreds of alumni and attendees followed Ananda's footsteps. Apparently, about half an hour after Anies left the room, Ananda came back in. At that time, he took the award pinned to him.

After receiving the award, Ananda then gave a sarcastic speech to Anies. He said Kanisius respects differences.

"Yes, I did walk out in the middle of (Anies Baswedan's) speech," said Ananda when contacted by reportindonesia.com. (Monday)

“You have invited someone with values ​​and integrity that go against what we have been taught,” said Ananda

Ananda also 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 contemporaries, namely the 1986 class.

Ananda Sukarlan was born on June 10, 1968 in Jakarta. He is the son of the couple Sukarlan and Poppy Kumudastuti.

In Europe, Ananda's name is well known. Piano Petrof from the University of Hadford, Connecticut, United States in 1986. Graduated summa cum laude in 1993 under the guidance of Naum Grubert

As in 2000, he was invited by Queen Sofia of Spain to fill a concert at the Queen Sofia Prize Gala Night in Madrid.

In 2002, he reached the peak of his career by signing a contract to collaborate with the great French composer Pierre Boulez on a concert tour to 11 cities including Helsinkski, Oslo, Santiago and Paris.

And the first Indonesian pianist to be recorded in The International Who's Who in Music book.

On the other hand, when reportindonesia.com confirmed Anies Baswedan (Governor of DKI), he admitted that he did not know that any guests had left, one of them was Ananda Sukarlan.

He even admitted that he was close to the Principal of Kanisius High School, Pater E. Baskoro Poedjinoegroho S.J.,. And to attend an invitation from the Canisius School was not the first.

"And this is not the first time I've been to Kanisius, so when I heard it this morning, I remembered that someone had come out because I didn't remember, I didn't see it," said Anies at the DKI Jakarta City Hall. (Monday).

Because according to Anies, everyone has the right to express their opinion in their own way. Including people who criticize his speech. "If there is a negative reaction then that's a bonus for me," he said.

According to the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI) the definition of walk out is to leave the meeting room or trial of your own free will because you do not agree or refuse the discussion or the results of the trial.

This turned out to have an impact on one of the Indonesian start-up companies, Traveloka. The movement to UNINSTALL THE TRAVELOKA APPLICATION is milling about on Twitter's timeline. There, Derianto Kusuma, co-founder and CTO of Traveloka, was also present. He greeted and congratulated Ananda after the walk out and Anies' speech. Derianto's gesture was considered as support for Ananda's actions which were considered insulting to Governor Anies.

Whereas in 2017, the online travel service provider Traveloka, received new funding for their operations in Indonesia and expanded the market in Southeast Asia. The new funding was obtained from Expedia from the United States amounting to 350 million US dollars, or around Rp. 4.6 trillion.

In the past year, Traveloka has raised a total of 500 million US dollars or Rp. 6.6 trillion, which was obtained from investors in previous funding rounds such as East Ventures, Hillhouse Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Chinese e-commerce company, JD.com.
I hope this doesn't happen again to anyone and anything.