Mentioning Puan Maharani at Pestapora 2025, Slank Changes Lyrics of Song to Support Asset Seizure Bill

1. Satire on the Parliament

The peak of their performance, filled with social criticism, occurred when they were about to perform the song "If I Were President". Before starting, Kaka provided an introduction that the lyrics of the song had been specially altered by the drummer, Bimbim.

"The next song, the lyrics were changed by Bimbim a week ago," said Kaka from the stage before singing the song "If I Were President".

Indeed, when the song from the album "Lagi Sedih" was sung, new lyrics could be heard that explicitly referred to the Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani. The lyrics contained a demand to immediately ratify the long-awaited Asset Seizure Bill (RUU) by the public.

"If I were Puan Maharani, I would quickly hold a session, the Asset Seizure Bill should be ratified, so that corruptors can't do anything," were the lyrics sung by Kaka loudly.

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2. Reflective Moment

Not only that, a reflective moment was also presented by Bimbim before performing the song "Disersi". He reminisced about the dark event of Trisakti 1998 that inspired the birth of the song and conveyed an important message to the security forces.

"A song that I wrote after the Trisakti incident in '98. The military had also started to take to the streets, I just want to send a message to Mr. Police, Mr. Soldier, whatever happens, do not use live ammunition," said Bimbim.

3. Express Condolences

In addition, Slank also expressed deep condolences from Slank for the victims of the recent demonstrations. "Our condolences to Bojol and the activists, Slank expresses condolences to everyone," he added.

Throughout their performance, Slank played several hit songs such as "Tong Kosong", "Like the Corruptors", and "Virus". Their stage action became even more interactive when Kaka came down from the stage to sing along with the audience in the song "Bang Bang Tut". Not only that, Slank also invited several audience members to come up on stage when the song "Orkes Sakit Hati" was played, before closing their performance with "You Have to Go Home".

(kpl/far/pit)