Anies Baswedan: I Believe Presidential Instructions Are Implemented, TNI-Polri Are Neutral

Presidential candidate number 1 Anies Rasyid Baswedan believes that the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and law enforcement officers of the Indonesian National Police will always maintain the principle of neutrality in the 2024 simultaneous election democratic party.

"As directed by the President (Joko Widodo) that ASN, the TNI and Polri have received directions to be neutral. Neutrality has no cost, if there is an intervention there is a cost," said Anies in Makassar as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 16.

This follows the circulation of a video of the acting (Pj) of the Regional Secretary of the Takalar Regency Government, South Sulawesi which allegedly issued a statement directing support to Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

Likewise, the alleged voice recording of the Regent of Batubara Regency, North Sumatra is suspected of instructing the ranks to support certain pairs of candidates in the presidential election. However, recently the process was stopped by the local Bawaslu on the grounds that it was not proven.

However, the former Governor of DKI Jakarta emphasized that if you want to intervene, of course extra efforts are needed because not everyone can be intervened by anyone in terms of determining their choice.

"It has to be extra if you want to intervene. If it is neutral, there is nothing to do outside what it should be, and I believe ASN, the TNI and Polri will be neutral," he said.

"I believe the instructions, the president's directives will be implemented and all of us Indonesian people will see neutrality shown on February 14. We ensure that all of them (maintain the neutrality) who are promoted, which is shifted because victory is won by the number one pair, will get their place again if necessary. promotion, "said Anies.