Gibran Affirms Not Making Political Manuver

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka (left) together with PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (center) and PDIP Honorary Chair Komarudin Watubun/ANTARA/Narda Margaretha Sinambela

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka emphasized that he did not carry out political maneuvers ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election.

"I am not maneuvering, I am not in the party structure, I am just an ordinary cadre, I am still a party cadre, I do not have troops. What maneuver?" he said in Solo, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 23.

Gibran also asked no one to panic, including when he met with public officials.

"I'm just a child, don't panic like that. I'm a child and I don't know anything. I accept everyone, Mr. Anies, we are studying together. Later tonight there will also be a governor, I accept it. The host is like that," he said.

Regarding the overflow of votes from Jokowi volunteers to certain figures, according to Gibran, this has nothing to do with him.

"It's Mr. Jokowi's voice, not mine. I have nothing, I'm fine, wedi, I'm okay to panic, ra is legal, piye-piye (don't be afraid of me, don't panic, don't feel anything)," he said.

Gibran also admitted that he did not represent his father regarding the briefing of volunteers.

"I have never represented my father, I represent myself. Gopo (why) is my father's extension. We have our respective duties," he said.

Gibran admitted that so far he had never betrayed the party that oversees him, namely the PDI-P or the PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"I've never been perpendicular. I'm a traitor," he said.