JAKARTA - The NasDem Party denies the issue that its General Chair, Surya Paloh, met President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace to say goodbye due to different political directions in the 2024 General Election. NasDem reminded those who raised the issue not to make up stories.
"Don't make it up," said the Secretary General of the NasDem Party, Johnny G. Plate, to reporters on Saturday, August 20. Johnny admitted that Surya Paloh did meet Jokowi for about two hours. However, he said, the meeting was to discuss the implementation of the state in the midst of global challenges. "The topic of discussion prioritizes discussions related to national life and national political profiles and strategies to maintain a more mature and healthier consolidation of democracy," said the Minister of Communication and Informatics. In national politics, Surya and Jokowi also discussed the matter of the cabinet. However, Johnny G emphasized that it was Jokowi's authority. "The topic is the portion of the national figures, while the issue of the cabinet portfolio is the domain of the President, who from time to time is always respected by the leadership of Nasdem," said Johnny.

Previously, the issue of NasDem saying goodbye to Jokowi was mentioned by Indostrategic Executive Director Ahmad Khoirul Umam in an online discussion entitled 'Measuring the Ideas and Visions of the 2024 Presidential Candidates', Saturday, August 20.

Umam claimed to have received news that the meeting between Paloh and Jokowi at the Palace was a form of NasDem farewell to Jokowi because there would be different political directions in 2024.

"Information circulating, yesterday Pak Surya Paloh met with the President at the Palace. Some information emerged that the meeting, although it was claimed by friends from NasDem was a routine meeting, but it is said that it was a meeting that conveyed some fairly valid information that the point is as a form of political farewell as an affirmation of a different point from the direction of the struggle towards 2024," he said. According to Umam, the issue of NasDem saying goodbye to Jokowi because the political difference in 2024 strengthened, will create a new carriage of the coalition towards 2024. NasDem Coalition, Party Democrats, and PKS also strengthened towards 2024.


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