Jokowi Volunteers Banks Issues Support Prabowo

President Jokowi Together With Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto/DOK BPMI Setpres

JAKARTA - The Chief Executive of the Jokowi Volunteer National Declaration Teddy Wibisana dismissed reports that Jokowi Volunteers supported Prabowo Subianto as a candidate for presidential candidate (candidate) in the 2024 election.

"If people say 90 percent of Jokowi Volunteers support Prabowo, that's not true in our opinion. In fact, 95 percent of Jokowi's volunteers support Ganjar," Teddy said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, June 3.

He does not deny that there is a difference in support for presidential candidates among Jokowi Volunteers. However, Teddy is optimistic that Jokowi Volunteers will support Ganjar Pranowo as a candidate for president.

"I need to convey that volunteers are organic. So, the volunteers who previously supported Pak Jokowi have transformed their support for marijuana," he said.

This is also proven by the presence of seven thousand people from 140 Jokowi Volunteer organs who declared themselves to support Ganjar Pranowo as a candidate for 2024-2029 presidential candidate at the GBK Basketball building, Jakarta.

Teddy also assessed that representatives of 15 Jokowi Volunteers from Central Java (Central Java) and East Java (East Java) who supported Prabowo to run for president in 2024 were just claims.

"If they are a majority of 15 organizations supporting Prabowo, that is not the majority. In fact, the majority of Jokowi Volunteer organizations go to Pak Ganjar," explained Teddy.

According to him, Indonesia needs a leader who has the same vision, mission and principles as President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Not only that, Indonesia also needs a leader who prioritizes national interests above all else by side and serving the people wholeheartedly.

"We emphasize here that Jokowi Volunteers support Ganjar," he said.

By paying attention to these principles and assessment of concrete facts, he continued, the combination of the volunteer organizations supporting Jokowi views that supporting Ganjar Pranowo as the successor is a logical and rational choice.

Ganjar Pranowo's track record as a member of the DPR and the Governor of Central Java for two terms is said to be proven responsible, hard work, loyalty and commitment to national problems.

"Ganjar Pranowo is a leader who was not involved, used or agreed to the politics of identity or ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup (SARA) in 2014, 2017 and 2019. Ganjar Pranowo has always been committed to maintaining diversity and tolerance," said Teddy.

According to him, President Jokowi has provided several instructions regarding his successor to lead Indonesia. Jokowi once mentioned that the figure has white hair, sweats and is close to the people.

"What we are gathering now are actually Jokowi volunteers who also voluntarily join. So, there are no attempts to coercion or anything, but they really want us to support Ganjar Pranowo together," he added.