JAKARTA - Central PWI Chairman Hendry Ch Bangun and Press Council Chair Ninik Rahayu together with Cooperative Minister Teten Masduki took a leisurely walk from Monas cross to Sarinah round, Central Jakarta. The participants took a leisurely walk which was attended by hundreds of PWI members together with the community unfurled banners to mark the start of launching the 2024 HPN.

Central PWI Chairman Hendry Ch Bangun said the launching of the 2024 HPN at Silang Monas, Sunday, November 12, started a series of 2024 HPN events whose peak will be held at Ancol Dreamland Park (TIJA), Jakarta on February 9, 2024. It is hoped that President Jokowi will attend the HPN peak event.

The leisurely walk with Minister Teten Masduki was carried out carrying a banner that read "Arounding the Transition of National Leadership and the Integrity of the Nation. Also present on this leisurely path, PWI administrators and editors of the mass media, including Secretary General Sayid Iskandarsyah; Wasekjen Raja Pane and Chairman of the 2024 HPN Panpel Marthen Slamet Susanto.

In addition, PWI partners were also present, including the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko and the Public Relations Division of the National Police Headquarters Kombes Pol Ahmad Musthofa Kamal.

Ninik Rahayu, Chairman of the Press Council, said that the launching of the 2024 HPN also introduced the wider community, the role of the press in overseeing the transition of national leadership and maintaining peaceful elections and the integrity of the nation.

"Democracy through elections is determined by the role of the press and community participation. Let us maintain peaceful elections together," he said.

Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs Teten Masduki appreciated the activities of the 2024 HPN while at the same time expecting the press to be neutral in the upcoming simultaneous elections.

It is said, in the current era of social media there is a lot of garbage (hoax--Red). This is where the role of the press is important in providing useful information to maintain the integrity of the nation.


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