The Twitter and Facebook timelines are currently busy with calls to uninstall the Traveloka application. The reason is that pianist Ananda Sukarlan took a walk out when the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan gave a speech.
The walk out took place during the 90th anniversary of the founding of Kanisius College on Saturday 11 November 2017, at Hall D JIExpo Kemayoran. Ananda stood up from his VIP seat and walked out when Anies gave his speech. The action was followed by a number of other alumni.
Quoted by detikcom, Tuesday, November 14 2017, based on information circulating on the timeline, one of the founders and CTO of Traveloka, Derianto Kusuma, greeted and congratulated Ananda after the walk out and Anies' speech, which was considered as support for Ananda's action.
I don't know who started it, this information then provoked some netizens to boycott Traveloka. The hashtag #BoikotTraveloka has become one of Indonesia's trending Twitter topics.
Among netizens, there are also those who defend and assess that the Traveloka boycott will not have any impact on the hotel and travel ticket booking application.
Derianto and Ananda are two of the five outstanding Kanisius College alumni who received awards at this event. Besides the two, there were Father Magnis Suseno (a Jesuit figure), Irwan Ismaun Soenggono (a Scout leader) and Dr. Boenjamin Setiawan (founder of Kalbe Farma).
Traveloka Public Relations Manager Busyra Oryza confirmed that Traveloka founder and CTO Derianto Kusuma was one of the award recipients at the event. However, Derianto was unable to attend.
"Actually, Mr. Deri (Derianto) was not present. He was on an official trip that day. So if you say Mr. Deri was there and it is said to provide support (to Ananda), he was not there," said Busyra.