Latang Bicara Pak Lurah Minta Jabatan Presiden Diperpanjang, Hasto: Saya Pertanggung Jawab Di Hadapan Tuhan YME

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

The Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto admitted that he was ready to account for his statement which stated that "Pak Lurah" asked for the presidential term to be extended to three terms. He said his statement could be checked with other parties.

This was conveyed in response to the statement of the PDIP cadre, Adian Napitupulu, who said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s attitude had changed because the party bearing the white-nosed bull symbol rejected the discourse.

Initially, Hasto explained that he knew the discourse of extending the term of office from a minister when he heard the news when he was out of town. He then tried to clarify directly.

Previously I met with the minister and it was confirmed that the attitudes of the general chairmen of several parties who voiced it, yes, as a request from the Lurah, "said Hasto to reporters at the Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, Friday, October 27.

Hearing this, PDIP then took a refusal. "We, together with the Indonesian people, chose to be upright in the constitution," said Hasto.

Hasto ensured that his statement could be accounted for politically, legally, and also before God.

"So various efforts made by various ketum, at that time what I got the information, this can be crossed, I am politically responsible, legally, and also in the presence of God Almighty, and the people of Indonesia," he said.

"That it does exist through other parties which are then voiced to PDIP But our attitude is to be consistent in placing the constitution as a very fundamental rule of the game, which we must follow," he continued.

As previously reported, Adian said that Jokowi and his family changed their attitude because the discourse on extending the presidential term was rejected by his party. However, he doesn't care about this condition because PDIP is now focusing on winning Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.

"How can I not think about Gibran. How can I not think about Jokowi. What I think about is how to add one, one, one votes every day to Ganjar," said Adian in his written statement, Wednesday, October 25.