Unlike Cak Imin, The AMIN National Team Does Not Problem The Panelist Of The Presidential Candidate Debate From The Defense University

The inaugural presidential candidate debate, Tuesday, December 12, 2023/IST DOCUMENTATION

JAKARTA - The National Team for Winning Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Timnas AMIN) has no problem with the involvement of two people affiliated with the Defense University (IDU) among 11 presidential candidate debate panelists on Sunday (7/1).

"Regarding the origin of the agency, let the public judge. We from the AMIN national team have absolutely no problem with 11 panelists," said AMIN National Team Spokesperson Billy David Neututumilena as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, January 4.

Billy said this when asked about the two third debate panelists from the Defense University who were still under the coordination of the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) led by Prabowo Subianto.

The AMIN national team appreciates the General Election Commission (KPU) for setting 11 panelists for the third debate, and that of course considers many things and goes through various processes so that they are elected.

"The KPU certainly considers many processes, both the selection process, quarantine, and if we don't have a problem (there are two panelists from the Defense University)," he said.

Billy said the AMIN national team believed the panelists would maintain credibility, so it was impossible for them to do unethical things.

Moreover, said Billy, the technicalities in the debate did not involve direct interaction between candidate pairs and panelists, thereby reducing certain suspicions or tendencies against one candidate pair.

"We believe they bring their own good name and personal credibility. But if there is a certain purpose, their credibility will be harmed," he said.