Secretary General Of Gerindra Considers Anies' Statement Not Sourced When Insinuating Prabowo Can't Hold The Opposition

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN), Ahmad Muzani, responded to the satire of presidential candidate number 1, Anies Baswedan, who assessed that Prabowo Subianto's presidential candidate number 2 could not stand being an opposition. Muzani said that Anies' words did not have a clear source.

As Prabowo's closest person, Muzani admitted that he had never heard of Prabowo saying he could not stand being outside the government. Therefore, Muzani did not understand the conclusions of the former governor of DKI Jakarta who was promoted by Gerindra.

"I am the closest to Mr. Prabowo, Mr. Prabowo has never had a speech like that, Mr. Prabowo has never spoken like that, and I can count when Mr. Anies met Mr. Prabowo, saying where, what are all kinds of speech, where have you never spoken, I have never heard of it," said Muzani at the Secretariat of TKN Fanta HQ, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday, December 14.

"So in my opinion, that's what Anies said was not sourced, I've never heard of it," said the Secretary General of the Gerindra Party.

Previously, presidential candidate number one Anies Baswedan replied back to Prabowo Subianto's 'attack' on democracy. Prabowo said that without democracy running in the era of President Jokowi, it was impossible for Anies to become governor of DKI in 2017.

"Mas Anies Mas Anies, I think Anies is a bit exaggerated. Mas Anies complained about democracy, Mr. Anies was chosen to be the governor of DKI against the ruling government, I will follow you. If democracy does not work, it is impossible for you to be governor," Prabowo said in a presidential debate, Tuesday, December 12.

Responding to that, Anies answered diplomatically. At length, Anies said that the democratic process in a country must have a government and opposition.

"Both are equally honorable and when the decision-making process is carried out. If there is an opposition, there is always a different perspective that allows the public to judge that the opposition is important and equally honorable," Anies said in a debate at the KPU Office, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 12.

However, Anies added, not everyone is holding back from becoming an opposition, including Prabowo Subianto.

"Unfortunately not everyone is holding back from becoming an opposition as stated by Pak Prabowo. Pak Prabowo can't stand to be an opposition, what happened? He himself said that he himself was not in power to make him unable to do business, he could not do business because he had to be in power. The power is more than about the business of power. more than about money, (the power of) the honor to carry out the sovereignty of the people," said Anies.