Regarding Andika Perkasa Proposed To Be The Head Of The Ganjar Team, Puan: Entered In The List

PDIP DPP chairman Puan Maharani reviewed preparations for the peak of Bung Karno's Month commemoration at GBK Jakarta, Thursday, June 22. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Puan Maharani heard the suggestion of former TNI Commander General (Ret.) Andika Perkasa to become chairman of Ganjar Pranowo's success team in the 2024 presidential election. He said Andika's name was on the list.

"(Andika's name, ed) is on my list," said Puan to reporters while reviewing preparations for the peak of BBK commemoration, Thursday, June 22.

Puan is the party assigned to arrange the Ganjar campaign team. "Then it will form a team," he said.

Furthermore, Puan talked about Andika visiting the grave of the First President of the Republic of Indonesia Soekarno in Blitar, East Java. He said, anyone can come and pray for his grandfather.

"Alhamdulillah, Bung Karno really belongs to the nation, the proclaimer. So everyone can come there for pilgrimages, prayers and so on," said the chairman of the DPR.

Meanwhile, regarding Andika, who reportedly has a PDIP membership card (KTA), Puan doesn't want to talk much. "Later ask, yes, 'Do you have a KTA yet?'," said Puan.

As previously reported, General TNI (Ret.) Andika Perkasa made a pilgrimage to coincide with the day of Bung Karno's death as well as in the 53rd series of Haul Bung Karno events.

On that occasion, he was also accompanied by the Chairman of the PDI-P DPP who is also the former Mayor of Blitar Djarot Syaiful Hidayat, a member of the House of Representatives from the PDI-P faction Andreas Pareira, the Chairman of the Soekarno Education Foundation Development Board, Romy Hendra Rahtomo Soekarno, and the Chairman of the Soekarno Education Foundation, Dade Marhaendra.

The pilgrimage to Bung Karno's grave is not the only time this has happened. Andika said that he had been doing it since his childhood.

Andika also admitted that this habit was not only because he was a Blitar person, but also because he admired the figure of the Proclaimer. He also often went back and forth to Bung Karno's grave in Blitar.

Andika revealed that she has a strong emotional bond with Blitar City because her biological mother is originally there. He also spent childhood until his teenager in Blitar.