Responding To Anies' Accusations Of Being Tackled, PDIP: Pak Jokowi Also

Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto said President Joko Widodo had also experienced irregularities while running as a presidential candidate in the 2014 Presidential Election (Pilpres).

This was conveyed in response to the statement of the Change Coalition which accused Anies Baswedan of wanting to tackle Anies Baswedan.

"We saw the experience of Mr. President Jokowi when the governor (DKI Jakarta, ed) stepped into a presidential candidate and was later elected as president, there were so many irregularities," said Hasto at the PDIP DPP Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Thursday, June 8.

Even so, Jokowi and PDIP did not want to be dizzy. At that time they were more concerned about showing off their performance and track records which were considered to be able to bring in a wave of support from the community.

"PDI Perjuangan always believes in the way of belief that when politics is based on performance, when politics is able to absorb the aspirations of the people as outlined in the aspirations of progress, it will encourage the people to move together," said Hasto.

Moreover, Hasto said that the candidate for leader who excels must face various tests. This statement is based on the statement of PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"If Mrs. Megawati Soekarnoputri said, leaders who excel are always faced with exams, but leaders who do not excel create obstacles as if they are a test," he said.

As previously reported, members of the Eight Coalition for Amendments, Sudirman Said, accused Anies Baswedan of being thwarted by state officials to the elite political parties. You do this by approaching PKS to get out of the Change Coalition.

"Just a little clue, from the beginning to today, taking turns from state officials, some parties and not, visiting PKS with a mission, some implicit ones are explicit, the mission is to get PKS out of the coalition, Pak Anies' progress failed," said Sudirman at the Change Secretariat, Jalan Brawijaya, South Jakarta, quoted on Thursday, June 8.

He said that those who carried out the tackle mission lured PKS a lot to be tempted to leave the Change Coalition. "It's all kinds of things, whether it's a position or material donation," he concluded.