Ganjar And Koster Blasphemed By Netizens, PDIP: Exams For Indonesian Leaders To Be Strong In Principles

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo. (doc the Central Java PPID website)

The PDI-P (PDIP) considers the blasphemy of netizens against the Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo and the Governor of Bali I Wayan Koster to be the dynamics that a leader usually faces.

The two PDIP cadres were reviled by netizens after Indonesia failed to host the 2023 U20 World Cup. Netizens expressed their frustration because Ganjar and Wayan previously refused to play Israel in Indonesia.

"It's part of a dynamic, a test so that Indonesian leaders are firm in principle," PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto told reporters, Thursday, March 30.

Hasto said that every leader should be firm in principles based on the ideology held and the identity of the nation.

"Based on a true history, based on ideological beliefs, and we hereby open a new awareness that humanity is universal," he said.

Hasto also said that Ganjar did not question the blasphemy of netizens on his social media. However, he did not deny that the attacks from netizens were out of bounds. That's because bullying spread to the families of Ganjar's wife and children.

"Yes, we read all the attacks in detail, we biologically, then Pak Ganjar said he could understand, we are also very sad, because we also read each of these attacks," he said.