Present At The Peak Of Golkar's Anniversary Today, Anies Baswedan Has Not Yet Received A NasDem Permit

Deputy Head of NasDem Ahmad Ali (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The presidential candidate (Read President) of the NasDem Party Anies Baswedan, is rumored to be attending the peak event of the 58th Golkar Party's Birthday (HUT) at JIEXPO Kemayoran, Jakarta, Friday, October 21, evening. However, Anies has not asked permission from the NasDem Party to attend the Golkar Anniversary tonight. This was revealed by the Deputy Head of NasDem Ahmad Ali, Friday, October 21. Even so, Ali said, his party had no problem with this. Because he said, even though the NasDem Party had declared it, personally the former governor of DKI Jakarta was not owned by any party. "Anies is a free and independent person, of course full of manners to maintain values so he must know very well what is appropriate and inappropriate. That's a technical issue, you don't have to come,'report the general chairman, report Mr. Surya I was invited like this', no need," said Ahmad Ali. In fact, according to Ali, Anies' presence to Golkar is good for communicating with other political parties. Ali said, NasDem is always open to Anies Baswedan doing political safaris anywhere. "Indeed, he must exercise flexibility to meet political parties," said Ali. Ali emphasized that NasDem would not worry if later Golkar together with the United Indonesia Coalition (KIB), also considered Anies Baswedan as a potential figure who could be promoted in the 2024 presidential election. "NasDem never had any worries. Whoever carries (Anies Baswedan, red) the important goal is to get there," said Ali. It is known that a number of national figures who are predicted to run for the 2024 presidential candidate were also invited to the 58th anniversary of Golkar. Among them, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. "Yes, we invite everyone. (But) Who came and couldn't come I don't know," said Deputy General Chairperson of Golkar, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, Friday, October 21. In addition to the two figures, Doli said, Golkar also invited the leaders of other political parties to ministers in the Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Maruf Amin government cabinet. "All of our figures are invited. Coming or not, it's their own business," said the chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI.