Ahmad Dhani, best known for being a mediocre musician and judge on Indonesian Idol, has long been rumored to have political ambitions (ever since he made that Nazi-themed music video in favor of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto). There was even talk of the Gerindra Party nominating Dhani as a candidate to become the mayor of Surabaya.
Yesterday, Dhani met with the leaders of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Speaker Fadli Zon and Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah, apparently to discuss those political ambitions. And to have those ambitions quickly shot down.
“Pak Fahri and Pak Fadli did not think I should become a regent or mayor. So being a representative is also not possible,” Dhani said after the meeting, as quoted by Kompas.
“Becoming the leader of an area is only temporary. While being a musician lasts a lifetime,” said Fadli kindly as he accompanied Dhani to his car, after he had crushed the musician’s dreams of political power.
When Dhani was briefly considered to be Gerindra’s candidate for mayor of Surabaya, the plan was for him to be paired with the National Awakening Party (PKB) politician Arzetti Bilbina. However, whatever Fadli and Fahri told Dhani made it clear to him that he should remain a musician and not go into politics.
Dhani said it was okay if he didn’t become a politician, because he would be remembered for his music. We’re pretty sure we’re going to remember him for other reasons, like how he gave a sports car to his 13 son, who then killed 5 people with it in a horrific traffic accident which nobody was legally held accountable for.
