Hasto Regarding Ganjar's Vice Presidential Candidate Announced During National Working Meeting IV PDIP: We'll See The Weather

Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto joked about the announcement of Ganjar Pranowo's candidate for vice president (cawapres) during the PDIP National Working Meeting IV. He will first see the weather around JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta.

"We will see the weather (before announcing Ganjar's vice presidential candidate at the PDIP Rakernas IV, ed)," Hasto told reporters at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, quoted on Saturday, September 30.

Hasto answered that question with a laugh. However, he made sure PDIP would not announce Ganjar Pranowo's partner at the last minute.

Instead of at the last minute, Hasto said, PDIP will follow all stages of the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) including the registration of candidates which will be opened on October 19-25. However, everything will still be calculated.

This calculation will also measure from the structural readiness of the party to the President's Ganjar National Winning Team (TPN) which has been formed. "Which Mr. Arsjad Rasjid (Chairman of TPN GP) yesterday in full, he led the total football," he said.

Previously reported, Ganjar had spoken about the opportunity for East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD as potential companions in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). He said the two names that were widely rumored to have strengthened recently.

"Yes, all the issues are getting stronger because we want to discuss food," Ganjar told reporters at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, Friday, October 29.

Even so, Ganjar avoided when asked about Khofifah's name which was already in the pocket of PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri. He only said that he was focusing on the implementation of the PDIP Rakernas IV.

The theme of the PDIP Rakernas IV is 'Food Sovereignty for the Welfare of the Indonesian People' with the theme 'Pangan as an Emblem for the Predemic of Indonesian Leadership for the World'. This activity lasted for three days from Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 1.

"This is the National Working Meeting for food," he said.