Rommy Asks Plt Ketum PPP Pecat Cadre To Defuse Support For Prabowo-Gibran

Chairman of the Advisory Council of the PPP, Romahurmuziy or Rommy. (Doc VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Advisory Council of the PPP DPP, Romahurmuziy or Rommy asked Plt Chairman of PPP Muhammad Mardiono to fire cadres who support candidate pair number 2, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka. Rommy denied that a number of cadres calling themselves PPP fighters had communicated with him to declare support for Prabowo-Gibran. Moreover, he was not in the country this week. "I as the Chair of the PPP DPP Advisory Council stated that they were "Never got a permit or coordinated with me or other PPP DPP components regarding the declaration," said Rommy in a written statement, Friday, December 29. The former chairman of PPP stated that PPP fighters were not entitled to use the names and allocations of the Kaaba Party. PPP, said Rommy, solidly won candidate pair number 3, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. "They (PPP fighters) are not entitled to be in the name of the DPP of the United Development Party and all its distributions, whether logo, name, as well as other derivatives, said Rommy. "All functionaries and party leadership structures at all levels ranging from the DPP, DPW, DPC, PAC and Ratting PPP as well as PPP candidates throughout Indonesia remain upright in securing party decisions in the nomination of Ganjar-Mahfud in the 2024 presidential election," he continued. Therefore, Rommy recommended to Plt Ketum PPP Mardiono to take disciplinary steps from parties to dismissal of cadres who support Prabowo-Gibran. "Planis "The consideration of the PPP DPP recommends to the Acting Chairperson of the DPP to immediately take disciplinary action steps from warnings to dismissal of membership of cadres who disobey, resist, and do not heed the party's decision," said Rommy. If necessary, said Rommy, the cadres involved do not need to be inducted if they are legislative candidates and "If the person concerned is a legislative candidate, MP DPP recommends that he not be inaugurated if elected in the 2024 Legislative Election," he concluded. Previously, a number of cadres of the United Development Party (PPP) calling themselves PPP Fighters declared support for the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 2, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka in the 2024 presidential election. National Coordinator of PPP Fighters who is also Deputy Chair of the PPP DPP Advisory Council, Witjaksono said he and a number of legislative candidates (calleg) and PPP DPP administrators supported Prabowo-Gibran after hearing the aspirations of the public after yesterday's presidential and vice presidential debate. Witjaksono is optimistic that the candidate pair number 2 will win the 2024 presidential election contestation in just one round. "After we saw twice the vice presidential candidate debate yesterday, and saw the aspirations that have been collected in the community directly, that we from PPP from the young, kiai circles," "ulama, from many stakeholders in PPP, stated that we support through the PPP Fighters movement to win Prabowo-Gibran one round," said Witjaksono in Jakarta, Thursday, December 28.

The General Chair (Ketum) of the Nahdlatul Ulama Fishermen's Union (SNNU) admitted that he had coordinated with all stakeholders at PPP. He claimed that currently there are around 30 legislative candidates from the DPR and DPRD elements as well as 17 DPP administrators and the assembly who defected to support Prabowo-Gibran. Witjaksono is even ready if he has to be sanctioned by the Acting Chairman of PPP, Muhammad Mardiono. "I am ready to accept all sanctions if indeed from the party impose sanctions on us, but we only convey our aspirations from below, that we from PPP fighters, God willing, will win Mr. Prabowo and Mr. Gibran for one round," he said.