Understanding Ahok's Expressions Calls Jokowi Unable To Work

JAKARTA - Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok admitted that his words about Jokowi could not work, as in videos circulating on social media, were cut by parties who deliberately wanted to knock him out.

The PDI-P cadre explained that the phrase "Jokowi cannot work" was intended when he did not serve as president of the Republic of Indonesia.

"That's the context cut, as if I said Pak Jokowi couldn't work," Ahok said, quoted from Antara, Thursday, February 7.

According to Ahok, due to the video clip circulating on social media, people understand that it does not match context.

The former Jokowi companion when he was the regional head in DKI Jakarta said that the real situation occurred in the video.

Ahok said, there was an 82-year-old grandmother who asked her who would choose in the 2024 presidential election.

Ahok also replied that he would choose candidate pair number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, while the grandmother said she would vote for candidate pair number 2 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

"However, I said, sorry I chose Mr. Ganjar. It is impossible for me to explain Nawacita to the grandmother who is 82 years old, especially since she is of Chinese descent," said Ahok.

Then, Ahok told the grandmother simply that President Jokowi had worked as president for 10 years.

Thus, the Nawacita work program that Jokowi has carried out since the 2014 presidential election needs to be continued by those who have started it, namely the PDI-P candidate pair.

However, the grandmother still thinks that Gibran, who is Jokowi's eldest son and mayor of Surakarta, is also good at work.

"I asked, can Gibran really work? How can he (candidate) be vice president to take care of Nawacita? This is the one in power, Prabowo will be elected. Yes, I said, can Mr. Jokowi work? I mean, if Mr. Jokowi is no longer president, how can he work on the Nawacita program? Well, here I said earlier, the context was cut, "explained Ahok.

He also admitted that he was still sane if he wanted to attack Jokowi.

"I'm not stupid if I attack like that. I told Jokowi I couldn't work like that in public," he said.