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View all search resultsWoman scouts around for son-in-law among troops safeguarding Constitutional Court
Guarding the Constitutional Court as it works through the presidential election dispute is deemed a noble task. So noble, in fact, that one woman seized the moment to find an upright son-in-law among the deployed servicemen.
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Rany Pribadi shows the Instagram page of her daughter to Private Gigih in her attempt to find a son-in-law among the military personnel deployed to the Constitutional Court in Central Jakarta on June 19. (Tempo/M Yusuf Manurung)
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uarding the Constitutional Court in Central Jakarta as it works through the presidential election dispute is deemed a noble task. So noble, in fact, that one woman seized the moment to find an upright son-in-law among the deployed servicemen.
Undeterred by the crowds of protesters packing the place on Tuesday afternoon, the woman approached one of the military men to offer her daughter for marriage.
Fifty-eight-year-old Rany Pribadi was walking toward the Republic of Indonesia Radio (RRI) building, which stands next to the court building on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat. Finding the road blocked, she turned around to find another way to move on.
Rany stopped in her tracks and talked to Private Gigih, 22, who was standing among a group of military personal safeguarding the area near the Arjuna Wiwaha statue.
Out of the blue, it seems, she expressed her interest in having a son-in-law from the military. "Do you want to be my son-in-law?" she asked Gigih, tempo.co reports.
Rany said she had a 28-year-old daughter named Eris Geint. She went on to show Gigih her daughter's Instagram page.
"She often goes out alone; that worries me. She is very independent," Rany said.
She added, however, that she would not force her daughter to marry Gigih, or any other military officer, and would respect the man of her own choice. She just wanted to help Eris find the love of her life.
Responding to the offer, Gigih could only blush and smile. His fellow soldiers teased him and laughed.
He claimed that was not the first time for him to receive such an offer while doing his job.
"I don't mind it. I take it as a joke," he said.
Gigih said he had no plans to get married in the near future, as he wanted to focus on his career in the military.
"I plan to get married at the age of 25," he added. (vla)
