Minister Of Investment Talks About Support To Puan-Anies, Observer: Offside, Pak Bahlil Introspection

Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - The statement by the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia has again drawn the spotlight after claiming that businessmen support the postponement of the 2024 General Election. This time, Bahlil was criticized for talking about support for the candidate for the vice presidential candidate pair in the 2024 Presidential Election. Anies Baswedan is suitable if he is to compete in the 2024 presidential election. In fact, he said that both of them would win one round. "That's an odd statement that Bahlil doesn't need to make. In the past, he said that businessmen supported Jokowi three periods ago, Jokowi denied it was the same statement, and Puan-Anies didn't need to say it," said political observer from the IPO Ujang Komarudin when he met in the Kebayoran Baru area. , South Jakarta, Friday, July 15.

Ujang reminded President Jokowi that his ministers want to focus on working according to their main duties and functions. Jokowi wants his ministers' energy to be devoted to the agenda of advancing the nation rather than gossiping about the 2024 presidential election.

"So Pak Bahlil is introspective, according to the president's orders and focus on work," he said.

According to Ujang, Bahlil has gone too far to talk about supporting the vice presidential candidate. Although Ujang acknowledged, Bahlil's remarks were not based on data.

"I saw it was offside. What was done was not the truth. It's not necessarily that Puan-Anies won, what are the standards? So that's a big question for us," concluded Ujang. Previously, Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia assessed that the discourse of pairing DPR Chair Puan Maharani and DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for the 2024 Presidential Election was very good. In fact, according to him, the duo could win the presidential election in one round.

This was conveyed by Bahlil in the release of a survey of Indonesian Political Indicators entitled 'Public Evaluation of Government Performance in Economics, Politics, Law Enforcement, and Corruption Eradication' on Monday, July 11.

Initially, the discourse on the Puan-Anies duo was a question for the Executive Director of Political Indicator, Burhanuddin Muhtadi. Before Burhanuddin answered the question, Bahlil then spoke.

"It's a good pair (Puan-Anies) that can be in one round," said Bahlil.