Focus On Fulfilling The People's Mandate, PDIP Doesn't Want To Join Political Dance

PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (Photo: Wardhani Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - PDIP has emphasized that its party is focused on working according to the mandate given by the community in the 2019 General Election (Pemilu). They do not want to move like other parties that have started exploring the possibility of forming a coalition.

"We do not participate in political dances. What we are doing is how to realize the people's trust by forging greater cooperation," Hasto told reporters at Lapangan Banteng, Central Jakarta, Friday, May 20.

According to him, the people's trust that has been given in the 2019 election must be maintained. Moreover, because of that vote, PDIP can nominate its own candidate in the upcoming elections.

"PDIP can nominate its own candidate because of the people's support in the last election," said Hasto.

"And the capital given by the people to PDIP to be able to carry it on their own, of course, is a very important political capital," he added. The bull was not afraid to miss the coalition train.

Hasto said that the upcoming elections are already in stages. Thus, PDIP prioritizes itself to run a government that is now facing challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war.

"The election has stages. There is a priority scale, we share limited energy. The limited energy is focused on the people at this time until there is time to build political party cooperation," he concluded.