The Palace Calls Jokowi Still Praying Eid In Solo After Attending An Internal Agenda In Jakarta

President Joko Widodo gave an appeal regarding the increase in the spread of COVID-19, through a video broadcast from the Bogor/VIA Presidential Palace BETWEEN

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was confirmed to travel back to DKI Jakarta today. The palace said Jokowi was back because there was an internal agenda. Jokowi's return to Jakarta emerged along with the news of Ganajr Pranowo's announcement as a presidential candidate chosen by PDIP. Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Bey Machmudin confirmed Jokowi's return to Jakarta. "That's right, the President went to Jakarta for an internal agenda," Bey said in his statement to the media crew received in Jakarta, Friday, April 21. However, Jokowi is certain to return to Surakarta, Central Java, on Friday afternoon to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with his family there as planned. "Sore will return to Solo, for Eid prayers and Eid with family tomorrow," said Bey. President Jokowi is known that since Wednesday, April 19, he has been in Surakarta to celebrate Eid al-Fitr 2023 with his family. In Surakarta, Jokowi was only accompanied by very limited devices because the Head of State asked the Palace Staff to go home and spend time with his family. Jokowi's journey back to Jakarta coincided with the strengthening of the news of the plan to announce the presidential candidate by the PDI-P, where he became one of the party's cadres. Apart from Jokowi, it is known that the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, since Tuesday, April 18, has been in Jakarta, after releasing a number of free homecoming groups to Central Java. Meanwhile, PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto in a written statement on Friday confirmed that the decision regarding his party's presidential candidate would be announced by General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri taking into account the right momentum. For information, the registration of presidential and vice presidential candidates is scheduled to open from 19 October 2023 to 25 November 2023. Based on Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections (UU Pemilu), pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are proposed by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election who meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total seats in the DPR or obtaining 25 percent of the nationally valid votes in the previous election for members of the DPR. Currently, there are 575 seats in parliament so that the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election must have at least 115 seats in the DPR RI. It is also possible that the candidate pairs can be promoted by political parties or a combination of political parties participating in the 2019 Election with a total valid vote acquisition at least