Megawati Bans Watching The Debate Of Presidential Candidates - Candidates On One Of The National Private TVs In Today's Memory, July 4, 2014

PDIP General Chair, Megawati Soekarnoputri. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Memori hari ini, 10 tahun yang lalu, 4 Juli 2014, Ketua Umum Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan (PDIP), Megawati Soekarnoputri mengimbau tidak menonton debat Capres-cawapres di TVOne karena membuat hati. Pernyataan itu diungkap Megawati kepada pendukung Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla (JK).

Previously, the conflict between PDIP and TVOne began because the television station accused Jokowi of being a communist. PDIP sympathizers are furious. PDIP masses carried out a siege of TVOne offices in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

The political contestation of the 2014 Presidential Election is full of dynamics. Each candidate for the presidential and vice presidential candidates, Jokowi-JK and Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa, began to heat up the campaign engine. This condition made sympathizers of the two candidates also dissolve the image of their candidate leaders.

Problems arise. The issues that are spread sometimes lead to a black campaign. Not a few Jokowi-JK supporters have started to lift back the sins of Prabowo's past gross human rights violations.

Supporters of Prabowo-Hatta did not want to lose by raising the issue that Jokowi was a descendant of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The strategy of accusing people of being PKI footballers is considered effective in repelling political opponents from the New Order era. Information is confusing.

However, TVOne tried to look different. The issue of Jokowi of PKI descent is often raised in every news. TVOne continues to corner Jokowi. In fact, there are many more interesting news to be picked up. TVOne while heating up and trying to divide the Indonesian people.

PDIP sympathizers were furious. They tried to raid the TVOne offices in Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Gelora protested. They called the news of TVOne vilifying Jokowi as a descendant or communist gangs slanderous.

Jokowi himself did not prohibit his supporters' actions. He also did not blame. Jokowi actually blamed TVOne for participating in spreading slander and heating up the Indonesian people. Jokowi considered the slander outrageous, especially in the atmosphere of the 2014 presidential election.

"But the media is helping everywhere. It's wrong to be managed. So don't go anywhere. Never blame volunteers. Even though I have said everywhere that ugliness must be rewarded with kindness, but it's impossible for everything to be handled..

"Maybe this time it's gone too far until they react. Actually, what are we waiting for? From the start, we were silent, but the last one was a big insult because it was not only aimed at me but also my family. The number of volunteers is thousands, we can't tell everyone to be patient," Jokowi said as quoted by the ANTARA website, July 3, 2014.

The PDIP General Chairperson, Megawati Soekarnoputri, also expressed a mistake on TVOne. He invited his cadres not to watch the presidential and vice presidential debate on TV One because it often hurt them on July 4, 2014.

The narrative is considered reasonable. This is because PDIP has been greatly harmed by the news of the slander of Jokowi communists. The option of choosing another television station is considered effective rather than continuing to be consumed by slander thrown by TVOne television station.

"For everything, don't forget. Ladies and gentlemen, stop watching soap operas first, it's diverted to watch the presidential candidate debate. Want to watch Metro TV or TVOne? Grandma watching TVOne is sick ortine (If watching TVOne makes you hurt). Anyway, I'm ready," Megawati said as quoted on the tempo.co page, July 4, 2014.