Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court attending the National Sports Day (Haornas) Summit 2020 virtually on Wednesday (9/9) from the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) Anwar Usman attended the National Sports Day (Haornas) Summit 2020, which was held virtually on Wednesday evening, September 9, 2020 at the Bogor Presidential Palace. Officials of state agencies and sports administrators attended the event.

“This national sports day is expected to encourage all Indonesian people and the Constitutional Court to boost their daily workout routine. Those who jog [should jog more], those who play tennis [should play more]. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully all Indonesian people can rise together to fight COVID-19, the Constitutional Court family. Try not to let a day pass without exercise,” Justice Anwar said moments before attending the event.

Opening the event’s summit, President Joko Widodo stressed that the national sports day can be the momentum that invigorates the people’s spirit to exercise, bolsters athletes’ achievements, and offers sports as a medium to promote tourism in Indonesia. He said that the beauty of the country’s nature is more than enough to boost sports tourism. In addition, Indonesia has art and culture products that can be integrated in sports tourism.

“There will be more opportunities to develop sports tourism after the pandemic. More people will look to outdoor sports in open nature. We have to use this opportunity to promote Indonesia’s natural beauty,” he said.

Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali said that Indonesia is currently in a crisis, which challenge the people to make breakthroughs to remain productive and to implement strict health protocol. He said that the government through the Youth and Sports Ministry promoted three things on the 37^th National Sports Day Summit: science, sports tourism, and sports industry, in order to improve fitness while encouraging sports achievements, and reviving the national economy.

Writer: Nano Tresna Arfana
Editor: Nur R.
Translator: Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 9/11/2020 WIB 11:12 WIB

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