Photo With TNI Member, Gibran: It's An Old Photo, Not Related To The 2024 Presidential Election

Surakarta Mayor and vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka said his photo with a number of members of the TNI some time ago had nothing to do with his candidacy in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). "Well, it's been a long time," said Gibran in Surakarta, Central Java, Monday, November 13. According to him, in the photo, the TNI members are attending the Indonesian National Army Staff and Command School or (Sesko TNI). "He is a Sesko school," he added. In addition, he said, the TNI soldier group not only came to him, but also several other regional heads. "He came to all regional heads, really. Nothing is not like that," he said. According to Gibran, the incident was quite long and certainly had no connection with his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.

"It's like a KKN (real work study), you know, just undergoing a post. It has nothing to do with the presidential election," he said. Previously, through social media X, writer Goenawan Mohamad uploaded a photo of Gibran with a number of TNI members by mentioning the issue of TNI neutrality regarding the nomination of President Joko Widodo's eldest son as a vice presidential candidate.