The meeting between Sri Mulyani and Puan Maharani for consultation was met with various responses from netizens. Most netizens praised the Minister of Finance's professional attitude in carrying out her duties to the state. Netizens also hope that the Minister of Finance remains neutral amid the increasingly heated political situation. "Kudos, ma'am still looks neutral in this election 👏👏👏 after uncle's statement, if the minister can take sides, we are waiting to see where you will stand? Hopefully, there won't be anything hindering your neutrality like other transactional parties.....🔥🔥🔥," wrote the account @cah**sh**s.

"Come on, ma'am.. let's save our democracy so it can be healthy again and before it's too late," pleaded the account @marul***ahp**ba. "Since the SBY era until now, Mrs. Ani has not been involved in practical politics; she is a professional with integrity. So there's no need for you to ask her to step down. She knows when it's time to finish. Later in October ...\ud83d\ude02," wrote the account @af***.z* The meeting between Sri Mulyani and Puan took place amid the heated issue of the president's statement allowing the president and state officials to campaign and favor one of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates."