Joko Reaches Out to Pesantren With Santri Day Pledge
Malang. Presidential candidate Joko Widodo has reached out to the country's conservative Muslim population by pledging to make Islamic New Year a day to mark the merit of the country's religious students. National Santri Day will be celebrated throughout the country's pesantren, Islamic boarding schools, Joko said.
"I declare that I will fight for 1 Muharram as National Santri Day. I have signed a statement," he said on Friday night while visiting Babussalam Islamic Boarding School in Malang, East Java.
Joko continues to emphasize his "mental revolution" soundbite as a crucial policy priority, and told the state-run news agency that Islamic boarding schools represented a significant pillar as they were places that taught character and integrity.
Joko's set out his plans for a "mental revolution" in an article for Indonesian newspaper Kompas. Details have been thin on the ground, but the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle candidate wants to prioritize a collective push toward clean governance and a professionalizing of the civil service.
"Islamic boarding schools are places were values are taught— that a man must have manners and a good attitude in order to lead a good life," Joko said, as quoted by Antara.
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