Megawati Was Surprised By The PDIP Faction Form Of The Colonel Council For Puan Maharani In The 2024 Presidential Election

Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto said his general chairman, Megawati Soekarnoputri, was surprised by the presence of the Council of Colonels formed by the PDIP faction in the Indonesian House of Representatives.

Megawati, who was talking to Hasto at the time and listening to a number of reports, was surprised when she read the text on television. The article mentions the Council of Colonels which was formed to support the Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, as a presidential candidate.

"Even this morning, Mrs. Mega when she saw the running text when I reported it to her, she was also surprised," Hasto told reporters at the PDIP Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Wednesday, September 21. got the general chairman surprised, Hasto then explained that the council did not exist.

He admitted that he had coordinated with the chairman of the PDIP faction in the DPR RI, Utut Adianto, and the Secretary of the PDIP Faction in the DPR RI, Bambang Wuryanto or Bambang Pacul, as a result, the Colonel Council was just a joke. In addition, he also ensured that there were no organizations other than the central leadership council to the branches.

"It's in a structural party like the military. So the party is known as the party's central leadership council, regional leadership council, branch leadership council, to branches," said Hasto.

"So there are no councils of colonels known," he continued.

Previously, a member of the DPR from the PDIP faction who was the proposer of the Council of Colonels, Johan Budi emphasized that the formation of this team was not because he was afraid that Puan would lose competitiveness with Ganjar.

He said that this team would later support and win Puan Maharani when PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri was appointed as a presidential candidate in 2024.

"No, not afraid to lose. The matter of losing or winning is later. I'm not afraid to lose. That's the second matter for me. But I am a supporter of Mba Puan. Well, there okay I call the colonel council," said Johan Budi at the DPR building, quoted Wednesday, September 21.

Johan explained that the Board of Colonels, which consisted of twelve people with two generals, did not have a special program other than supporting the president's lady. He also emphasized that the team was not related to the PDIP DPP.

"It's just like that. There is no definite program. It's not related to the DPP," he said.