Megawati-Jokowi Togetherness At The PDIP National Working Meeting IV Called Hasto Answering Circulating Speculation

PDIP Chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri with President Jokowi and presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo/PDIP DOCUMENTATION

Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto said that togetherness between President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri answered the speculation circulating. The two seemed intimate at the opening of the PDIP National Working Meeting IV, today.

It is known that recently there have been rumors that President Jokowi chose to support Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) rather than Ganjar. This condition allegedly made Jokowi and PDIP's relationship heat up.

"This is a form of cohesiveness between the family of Mrs. Megawati and Mr. Jokowi and keeping various speculations away," Hasto told reporters at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, Friday, September 29.

The intimacy of the two figures at the event was seen when Jokowi took Megawati when she was about to enter the PDIP Rakernas IV implementation area. Then, the moment was repeated when the two of them were about to get off the stage.

At that time, Jokowi and Ganjar Pranowo held Megawati's hand. The atmosphere was warmly welcomed by cadres and invited guests.

Intimacy does not stop there, Jokowi's family such as his eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka also seems to be familiar with the Chairman of the PDIP DPP who is also the son of Megawati Soekarnoputri, Prananda Prabowo and Puan Maharani.

In fact, they took pictures with Puan Maharani's daughter, Diah Pikatan Orissa Putri Hapsari and Praba Diwangkata Caraka Putra Soma, taking pictures together. This moment occurred after the inauguration of a cinema car around PDIP in JIExpo Kemayoran yard.

As previously reported, Hasto has spoken about this issue. He hopes that the news of the tenuous relationship between President Jokowi and Megawati will not develop.

He hopes that current politics should no longer use divided ways but prioritize collaboration and mutual cooperation. "So the election contestation is okay. But place the people as the winner of the highest sovereignty," he told reporters, Thursday, September 28.