PDIP's Response When Jokowi-Prabowo Support Reappears

Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo (Photo: Instagram @prabowo)

JAKARTA - Support for the candidacy of Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) has resurfaced.

After the Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Prabowo Subianto 2024 (JokPro) Community, now the Prabowo-Jokowi Joint Secretariat (Sekber) has emerged by encouraging the two figures to run in pairs in the upcoming presidential election.

Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) DPP Hasto Kristiyanto responded to this support. According to him, the 2024 presidential election is still very dynamic. Therefore, said Hasto, such discourses do not need to be responded to.

"Things are very, very dynamic, so there is no need for a response," said Hasto, Saturday, January 15. Previously, the group calling itself the Prabowo-Jokowi Joint Secretariat (Sekber) encouraged the two national figures to run as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 election. They wanted Prabowo-Jokowi to continue Indonesia's development.

"Encouraging Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate and Joko Widodo as a vice-presidential candidate as part of the Forward Indonesia Cabinet Volume II to run in the 2024 General Election," reads the Prabowo-Jokowi Secretariat's declaration, delivered by the Secretary of State in a written statement, Saturday, January 15.

This written statement was submitted to the public on behalf of the Chairperson of the Prabowo-Jokowi Secretariat Coordinator, G Gisel. The declaration was just held internally at the office of the Prabowo-Jokowi Secretariat in Gambir, Central Jakarta.

As is known, Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto are the two people who are competing in the 2019 presidential election. Then, Jokowi won the election and became president. In the end, Jokowi appointed Prabowo to be the Minister of Defense.

Secretary Prabowo-Jokowi assesses that Jokowi's leadership has shown progress, so this positive thing needs to be continued. It is believed that the Prabowo-Jokowi pair will be able to overcome Indonesia's difficulties during the global crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Fortunately, so far, Indonesia has not fallen into a recession. While many countries have experienced a recession, including neighboring Singapore," he said.